An efficient decomposition method for the approximate evaluation of production lines with finite storage space - Summary

This paper presents an approximate decomposition method for the evaluation of performance measures for production systems with finite buffers in which blocking and starvation are important. These systems are difficult to evaluate because of their large state spaces and because they may not be decomposed exactly. This approach is based on such system characteristics as conservation of flow. Comparison with exact and simulation results indicate that it is very fast and accurate.