Overview

The past two decades have seen a great deal of research into the stochastic modelling of production, manufacturing, and inventory systems for the purpose of improving their performance. This book provides a graduate-level introduction to these techniques covering exact, approximate, and numerical techniques. The author has aimed to strike a balance between theoretical issues and the practical aspects of modelling manufacturing systems. It is based on graduate courses given to operations research and industrial engineering students and includes numerous examples and exercises.

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Author:   Tayfur Altiok
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1997 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.540kg
ISBN:  

9780387947730

ISBN 10:   0387947736
Pages:   355
Publication Date:   13 December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Modeling of Manufacturing Systems.- 1.1. Typical Decision Problems in Manufacturing Systems.- 1.2. Performance Evaluation.- 1.3. Models of Manufacturing Systems.- 1.4. Design of Manufacturing Systems.- 2. Tools of Probability.- 2.1. Random Variables and Their Distributions.- 2.2. Joint Distributions.- 2.3. Conditional Distributions.- 2.4. Functions of Random Variables.- 2.5. Moments of Random Variables.- 2.6. Special Distributions.- 2.7. Stochastic Processes.- 2.8. Phase-Type Distributions.- 3. Analysis of Single Work Stations.- 3.1. Introduction.- 3.2. A Simple Work Station.- 3.3. Distribution of the Number in the System.- 3.4. Work Stations Subject to Failures.- 3.5. Distribution of the Number of Jobs in a Work Station Subject to Failures.- 3.6. The Process-Completion Time.- 3.7. Failure-Repair Policies.- 3.8. The Machine Interference Problem.- 4. Analysis of Flow Lines.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Characteristics of Flow Lines.- 4.3. Analysis of Two-Station Flow Lines.- 4.4. Analysis of Flow Lines With More Than Two Stations.- 4.5. Deterministic Processing Times.- 4.6. Bounds on the Output Rate.- 4.7. Design Problems in Flow Lines.- 5. Analysis of Transfer Lines.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. A Two-Station Line with No Intermediate Buffer: A Regenerative Approach.- 5.3. Transfer Lines with Work-in-Process Buffers.- 5.4. Buffer Clearing Policies in Transfer Lines.- 5.5. Analysis of a Two-Machine Synchronous Line Under BCP1.- 5.6. Operation Under BCP2.- 5.7. Line Behavior and Design Issues.- 5.8. Analysis of Larger Systems.- 5.9. Transfer Lines with No Scrapping.- 6. Assembly Systems.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. An Asynchronous Assembly System.- 6.3. Approximate Analysis of the Two-Station Assembly System.- 6.4. Analysis of Larger Systems.- 6.5. Synchronous Assembly Systems.- 6.6. Relaxing the Assembly Assumption.- 7. Pull-Type Manufacturing Systems.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. Production Control Policies.- 7.3. Analysis of Single-Stage, Single-Product Systems.- 7.4. A Single-Stage System with Two Products.- 7.5. Multistage Pull-Type Systems.- 7.6. The Generalized Kanban Scheme.- 7.7. Manufacturing Systems with Inventory Procurement.- 7.8. A Two-Stage, MultiProduct System.- 7.9. The Look-Back Policy.

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