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The influence of machine breakdown on the performance of continuous production- (or service-) systems is often not well understood or not taken into account at all. However, the performance of a system may be heavily affected by machine breakdown, and limited repair capacity. The overall production capacity will be affected, but also severe build-up of jobs may occur at a broken machine. Similar phenomena occur in the area of computer and communication systems, where failure and repair of processors have a major impact on the flow of jobs that have to be handled by those processors.
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Wartenhorst, P. (1994). Influence of Breakdown and Limited Repair Capacity on the Performance of a Continuous Production System. In: Operations Research Proceedings 1993. Operations Research Proceedings, vol 1993. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78910-6_192
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