Dynamics of 2-worker bucket brigade assembly line with blocking and instantaneous walk-back
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چکیده
We analyze the dynamics of 2-worker m-stations bucket brigade assembly lines where the velocities of the workers on the stations are arbitrary, albeit xed constants over each station. We provide a complete characterization of the dynamics under blocking and instantaneous walk-back.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Oper. Res. Lett.
دوره 37 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009