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Performance analysis of closed-loop assembly lines with general processing times and finite buffer spaces

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  • Svenja Lagershausen
  • Michael Manitz
  • Horst Tempelmeier

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This article analyzes flow lines with converging and diverging material flow, limited buffer sizes, generally distributed processing times, and a constant number of workpieces as a closed assembly or disassembly queueing network. A decomposition approach in which each subsystem is modeled as a G/G/1/K queueing system is used. The population constraint is enforced by requiring that the sum of the expected number of customers in the subsystems is equal to the total number of workpieces. The results of a simulation experiment indicate that the proposed approximation provides accurate results and that it performs better than other approaches.

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  • Svenja Lagershausen & Michael Manitz & Horst Tempelmeier, 2013. "Performance analysis of closed-loop assembly lines with general processing times and finite buffer spaces," IISE Transactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(5), pages 502-515.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uiiexx:v:45:y:2013:i:5:p:502-515
    DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2012.705450
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    1. Zhang, Yongjin & Zhao, Ming & Zhang, Yanjun & Pan, Ruilin & Cai, Jing, 2020. "Dynamic and steady-state performance analysis for multi-state repairable reconfigurable manufacturing systems with buffers," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 283(2), pages 491-510.
    2. Yuan Feng & Xiang Zhong & Jingshan Li & Wenhui Fan, 2018. "Analysis of closed-loop production lines with Bernoulli reliability machines: Theory and application," IISE Transactions, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(3), pages 143-160, March.
    3. Michael Manitz, 2015. "Analysis of assembly/disassembly queueing networks with blocking after service and general service times," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 226(1), pages 417-441, March.
    4. Stefan Helber & Ton Kok & Heinrich Kuhn & Michael Manitz & Andrea Matta & Raik Stolletz, 2019. "Quantitative approaches in production management," OR Spectrum: Quantitative Approaches in Management, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research e.V., vol. 41(4), pages 867-870, December.

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