caa a22 4500 465797695 CHVBK 20180323112043.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00439425 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00439425 Modelling manufacturing systems: A birth-death approach [Elektronische Daten] [Berta Buttarazzi, Antonio Ficola] An approximation method for modelling a manufacturing system is introduced. The system is considered as a queueing network, where each queue is limited in size, and interarrival and processing times are exponentially distributed. The birth-death approach is considered and an approximation method to reduce the dimension of the model is developed. The results are the marginal probability distribution of the number of units in each queue; other performance indices, such as mean queue lengths, utilizations of the working stations, and throughput can be easily obtained. The general procedure is applied to model, for example, queues in tandem, a split node, and a more complex network of queues. Simulation and, when possible, comparison with the exact solution show an acceptable error level of the proposed method. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Modelling nationallicence manufacturing systems nationallicence approximate method nationallicence queuing network nationallicence birth-death approach nationallicence queues nationallicence Buttarazzi Berta Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, II, Università di Roma ‘Tor Vergata', Via Raimondo, 1-00173, Rome, Italy aut Ficola Antonio Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, II, Università di Roma ‘Tor Vergata', Via Raimondo, 1-00173, Rome, Italy aut Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers 3/4(1990-12-01), 379-392 0921-0296 3:4<379 1990 3 10846 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00439425 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00439425 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Buttarazzi Berta Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, II, Università di Roma ‘Tor Vergata', Via Raimondo, 1-00173, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ficola Antonio Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, II, Università di Roma ‘Tor Vergata', Via Raimondo, 1-00173, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers 3/4(1990-12-01), 379-392 0921-0296 3:4<379 1990 3 10846 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer