Manufacturing Systems Modeling and Analysis

• Main Authors: Curry, Guy L. (Author), Feldman, Richard M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Computer simulation.; Mathematical models.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Operations Management.; Simulation and Modeling.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

This text presents the practical application of queueing theory results for the design and analysis of manufacturing and production systems. This textbook makes accessible to undergraduates and beginning graduates many of the seemingly esoteric results of queueing theory. In an effort to apply queue...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Probability Review
• to Factory Models
• Single Workstation Factory Models
• Processing Time Variability
• Multiple-Stage Single-Product Factory Models
• Multiple Product Factory Models
• Models of Various Forms of Batching
• WIP Limiting Control Strategies
• Serial Limited Buffer Models.