caa a22 4500 475778324 CHVBK 20180406123637.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008171031506 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008171031506 An Analytical Queueing Network Model for Flexible Manufacturing Systems with a Discrete Handling Device and Transfer Blockings [Elektronische Daten] [David De Almeida, Patrick Kellert] In this paper, we study job shop-like flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) with a discrete material handling system (MHS). In such FMSs, the MHS is a critical device, the unavailability of which may induce transfer blockings of the machines. The FMS devices therefore are hierarchically structured into primary and secondary devices to manage such blocking and avoid deadlocks in these FMSs. For evaluating the quantitative steady-state performance of such FMSs, we propose an analytical queueing network model that relies on an approximate method proposed for analyzing computer systems with simultaneous possessions of resources. Such a model is obtained using the concept of passive resources and by aggregating the FMS workload data so that models are much more tractable. The analytical results are validated against discrete event simulation and shown to be very encouraging. We also show how to increase their robustness, especially under light workload conditions, by modifying an assumption of the method concerning service time distributions. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 flexible manufacturing systems nationallicence performance evaluation nationallicence discrete material handling devices nationallicence analytical queueing network models nationallicence sensitivity to service time distributions nationallicence De Almeida David Research and Technology Division, SNCF (French National Railway Company), Paris aut Kellert Patrick Computer Science and Modeling Institute, Blaise Pascal University, Aubiere, France aut International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers 12/1(2000-02-01), 25-57 0920-6299 12:1<25 2000 12 10696 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008171031506 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008171031506 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- De Almeida David Research and Technology Division, SNCF (French National Railway Company), Paris aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kellert Patrick Computer Science and Modeling Institute, Blaise Pascal University, Aubiere, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Kluwer Academic Publishers 12/1(2000-02-01), 25-57 0920-6299 12:1<25 2000 12 10696 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer