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| Author: | Duenyas, I. Hopp, W. Spearman, M. |
| Title: | Characterizing the output process of a CONWIP line with deterministic processing and random outages |
| Journal: | Management Science
1993 : AUG, VOL. 39:8, p. 975-988 |
| Index terms: | OUTPUT QUEUING THEORY NETWORKS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors model a CONWIP (CONstant Work-in-Process) production line with deterministic processing times and exponential failure and repair times as a closed queueing network. The authors derive an approximation for the mean and variance of the output during a specified interval and give computable conditions under which this approximation performs well. They show through empirical tests that the approximation is robust and illustrates usefulness as the basis for a procedure for selecting an economic production quota and a card count for a CONWIP line. |
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