ISBN: 3540265791
TITLE: Stochastic Modeling...
AUTHOR: Liberopoulos et al.
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Section 1: Factory Design
Dilemmas in factory design: paradox and paradigm
J. MacGregor Smith 3
Section 11: Unreliable Production Lines
Lean buffering in serial production lines with non-exponential machines
Mere Enginarlar Jingshan Li and Semyon M. Meerkov 29
Analysis of flow lines with Cox-2-distributed processing times and limited buffer capacity
Stefan Helber 55
Performance evaluation of production lines with finite Buffer capacity producing two different products
M. Colledani, A. Matta and T Tolio 77
Automated flow lines with shared Buffer
A. Matta, M. Runchina and T Tolio 99
Integrated quality and quantity modeling of a production line
Jongyoon Kim and Stanley B. Gershwin 121
Stochastic cyclic flow lines with blocking: Markovian models
Young-Doo Lee and Tae-Eog Lee 149
Section 111: Queuing Network Models of Manufacturing Systems
Performance analysis of multi-server tandem queues with finite Buffers and blocking
Marcel van Uren Vivo J. B. F Adam and Simone A. E. Resing-Sassen 169
An analytical method for the Performance evaluation of echelon kanban control systems
Silos Koukoumialos and George Liberopoulos 193
Closed loop two-echelon repairable item systems
L. Spanjers, J C. W. van Ommeren and WH. M. Zijm 223
A heuristic to control integrated multi-product multi-machine production-inventory systems with job Shop routings and stochastic arrival, Set-up and processing times
P. L. M. van Nyen, J W. M. Bertrand, H. P. G, van Ooijen and N. J. Vandaele 253
Performance analysis of parallel identical machines with a generalized shortest queue arrival mechanism
G. J. Van Houtum, L J. B. E. Adan, J. Wessels and WH, M. Zijm 289
A review and comparison of hybrid and pull-type production control strategies
John Geraghty and Cathal Heavey 307
Section IV: Stochastic Production Planning and Assembly
Planning order releases for an assembly system with random operation times
Sven Axster 333
A multiperiod stochastic production planning and sourcing problem with Service level constraints
Isil Yildirim, Baris Tan and Fikri Karaesmen 345
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