Estimation of line efficiency by aggregation† |
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| Authors: | M B M DE KOSTER |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Science , Eindhoven University of Technology , P.O. Box 513, Eindhoven, MB, 5600, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | In this paper multi-stage flow lines with intermediate buffers are approximated by two-stage lines by using repeated aggregation. The aggregation method uses restricted information of the output pattern of two-stage lines. The method is tested for the case where all production units are unreliable with exponential life-and repair-times. It appears that it performs well for most cases, provided we aggregate in the correct sequence. |
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