Title :
An upper bound for carriers in a three-workstation closed serial production system operating under production blocking
Author :
Kim, David S. ; Kulkarni, Devadatta M. ; Lin, Feng
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Manuf. Eng., Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR, USA
fDate :
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We develop and prove a rule for an upper bound on the optimal number of carriers (with respect to throughput) in a three-workstation closed serial production system with finite buffers, operating under production blocking (blocking-after-service). This system is, in fact, a three server (single server) closed tandem queueing system with finite buffers. Our assumptions regarding service time distributions are nonrestrictive and include the case of iid random variables
Keywords :
discrete event systems; production control; queueing theory; stochastic systems; carriers; discrete-event systems; finite buffers; manufacturing systems; production blocking; service time distributions; three server closed tandem queueing system; three-workstation closed serial production system; upper bound; Assembly systems; Job production systems; Manufacturing industries; Network servers; Production systems; Random variables; Throughput; Upper bound; Vehicles; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.2002.800653
