AMVA‐based solution procedures for open queueing networks with population constraints Ronald BuitenhekGeert‐Jan van HoutumHenk Zijm OriginalPaper Pages: 15 - 40
Comparison among three pull control policies: kanban, base stock, and generalized kanban C. DuriY. FreinM. Di Mascolo OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 69
The multiple server effect: Optimal allocation of servers to stations with different service‐time distributions in tandem queueing networks Kenichi Futamura OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 90
A decomposition method for analyzing inhomogeneous assembly/disassembly systems Stanley B. GershwinMitchell H. Burman OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 115
Efficient algorithms for buffer space allocation Stanley B. GershwinJames E. Schor OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 144
Production systems with interruptions, arbitrary topology and finite buffers Surendra M. GuptaAyse Kavusturucu OriginalPaper Pages: 145 - 176
Simulation optimization of buffer allocations in production lines with unreliable machines Gül Gürkan OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 216
Approximate analysis of unreliable transfer lines with splits in the flow of material Stefan Helber OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 243
Sensitivity analysis and decomposition of unreliable production lines with blocking Vassilis S. Kouikoglou OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 264
A robust decomposition method for the analysis of production lines with unreliable machines and finite buffers Hervé Le BihanYves Dallery OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 297
Production variability in manufacturing systems: Bernoulli reliability case Jingshan LiSemyon M. Meerkov OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 324
A unified framework for pull control mechanisms in multi‐stage manufacturing systems George LiberopoulosYves Dallery OriginalPaper Pages: 325 - 355
A two‐level queueing network model with blocking and non‐blocking messages S. RameshH.G. Perros OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 372
A simulated annealing approach for buffer allocation in reliable production lines Diomidis D. SpinellisChrissoleon T. Papadopoulos OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 384
Asymptotic variance rate of the output in production lines with finite buffers Barış Tan OriginalPaper Pages: 385 - 403
Modeling and analysis of multi‐stage transfer lines with unreliable machines and finite buffers Sheng YangCheng WuS. Jack Hu OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 421
Capacity analysis of an automated kit transportation system W.H.M. ZijmI.J.B.F. AdanG.J. van Houtum OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 446