Author | Helber, Stefan. author |
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Title | Performance Analysis of Flow Lines with Non-Linear Flow of Material [electronic resource] / by Stefan Helber |
Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95863-2 |
Descript | IX, 280 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 2. Issues, Goals, and Methods of Flow Line Analysis -- 2.1 Variability and the Performance of Flow Lines -- 2.2 Non-Linearities in the Flow of Material -- 2.3 Economic Design Problems in Flow Line Analysis -- 2.4 Methods of Performance Analysis -- 2.5 Two-Machine Decomposition of Flow Lines -- 2.6 Review of the Literature -- 3. Assembly/Disassembly Systems with Random Processing Times -- 3.1 Discrete and Continuous Time Models -- 3.2 Exact Solution of a Two-Machine Subsystem -- 3.3 Decomposition Equations for Assembly/Disassembly Systems -- 3.4 Two Algorithms to Determine Performance Measures -- 3.5 Numerical Results -- 3.6 Optimal Design of Assembly/Disassembly Systems -- 4. Flow Lines with Rework Loops and Identical Processing Times -- 4.1 Discrete-Material Flow Line Model with Identical Deterministic Processing Times -- 4.2 Decomposition Equations for Loops and Identical Processing Times -- 4.3 The Algorithm to Determine Performance Measures -- 4.4 Numerical Results: Algorithm and Flow Line Behavior -- 4.5 Optimal Design of Systems with Loops and Identical Processing Times -- 5. Flow Lines with Rework Loops and Machine-Specific Pro cessing Times -- 5.1 Continuous-Material Flow Line Model with Machine-Specific Processing Times -- 5.2 Decomposition Equations for Loops and Different Processing Times -- 5.3 The Algorithm to Determine Performance Measures -- 5.4 Numerical Results: Algorithm and Flow Line Behavior -- 5.5 Optimal Design of Systems with Loops and Different Processing Times -- 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Further Research -- A. Derivation for the Discrete Material Flow Line -- B. Derivation for the Continuous Material Flow Line -- Glossary of Notation