Abstract
Based on the analysis of the holding time model (HTM), an approximate method is proposed for calculating the mean sojourn time of a K-station production line with exponential service times, manufacturing blocking and no intermediate buffers between adjacent stations. Application of this method gives numerical results for the mean sojourn time for K = 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 station lines, that are within acceptable error levels (2-5%), compared against simulation. Also, for longer production lines (with 7-20 stations), it is shown that the approximate results underestimate the simulation ones by 6%.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 297-305 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal of Production Economics |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 18 1998 |
Keywords
- Blocking phenomenon
- GERT networks
- Production lines
- Queueing networks
- Sojourn time
- Stochastic modelling
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering