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Split and merge production systems: Performance analysis and structural properties

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Abstract

Production split and merge operations are widely used in many manufacturing systems to increase production capacity and variety, improve product quality, and carry out scheduling and control activities. This article presents analytical methods to analyze split and merge production systems with exponential machine reliability models, operating under circulate, strictly circulate, priority, and percentage split/merge policies. In addition to developing the recursive procedures for performance analysis, the structural properties of the systems and the impacts of routing policies on system performance are investigated. Copyright © "IIE".
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)422-434
JournalIIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)
Volume42
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010
Externally publishedYes

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Research Keywords

  • Circulate
  • Merge
  • Percentage
  • Priority
  • Split
  • Strictly circulate
  • Throughput

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