Analysis and Design of Discrete Part Production Lines

• Main Authors: Spinellis, Diomidis (Author), Vidalis, Michael J. (Author), O'Kelly, Michael E. J. (Author), Papadopoulos, Chrissoleon T. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 31
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mathematical models.; Mathematical optimization.; Engineering design.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Applications of Mathematics.; Engineering Design.; Optimization.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Industrial and Production Engineering.

Analysis and Design of Discrete Part Production Lines provides a complete overview of production systems, investigating several production line problems, and describing the best approaches to the analysis of production line performance. Written by experts in the field of production and manufacturing...

Table of Contents:

• Manufacturing Systems: Types and Modeling
• Evaluative Models of Discrete Part Production Lines
• The Design of Production Lines
• Work-Load and Server Allocation Problems
• The Buffer Allocation Problem
• Double and Triple Optimization
• Cost Considerations.