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Title: | Buffer allocation and required availability in a transfer line with unreliable machines | Authors: | Sörensen, K. JANSSENS, Gerrit K. |
Issue Date: | 2001 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Source: | International journal of production economics, 74. p. 163-173 | Abstract: | In this paper we study a system of n machines in series. Each pair of subsequent machines is separated by a finite buffer. The machines are unreliable and can break down. In such a production system, the allocation of buffer space between successive stages in the system is of capital importance since it has a significant influence on the availability of the system. We examine how the allocation of buffers can be expressed as a non-linear optimisation problem in which the total cost of installing and using the buffers is minimised. Some of the assumptions of this approximation model are also examined. | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/6485 | ISSN: | 0925-5273 | e-ISSN: | 1873-7579 | DOI: | 10.1016/S0925-5273(01)00123-2 | ISI #: | 000172033400016 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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