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Original Articles

The Analysis of a Production Line with Unreliable Machines and Random Processing Times

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Pages 77-83 | Received 01 Jul 1989, Published online: 30 May 2007
 

Abstract

This paper develops an efficient analytical method for the analysis of an n-machine production line with unreliable machines and random processing times. The behavior of the n-machine line is approximated by the behaviors of the (n — l) two-machine lines based on the decomposition. Simulation and numerical experiment show that the analytical method works well and is very efficient.

Notes

Handled by the Department of Manufacturing and Automated Production.

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