THE BOWL PHENOMENON REVISITED

被引：25

作者：

MUTH, EJ

ALKAFF, A

机构：

[1] Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL,, USA, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH | 1987年 / 25卷 / 02期

关键词：

JOB ANALYSIS - PROBABILITY - Queueing Theory;

D O I：

10.1080/00207548708919831

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

A novel method of analysing serial production lines has been developed. This method lets one compute the throughput rate of lines composed of dissimilar stations, as well as for a large class of distributions of station service times. Several distribution-free models of 3-station lines are presented. These models are used to compute the throughput rate of unbalanced lines in which the sum of the mean service times is constant. Results are shown as contour plots of constant throughput rate. The bowl phenomenon is reviewed in the light of this capacity to model with a greater degree of freedom.

引用

页码：161 / 173

页数：13