Recently added articles from IIE Transactions:
Workload-dependent capacity control in production-to-order systems.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... 1. Introduction Most production-to-order companies do not have a constant flow of orders. This often leads to a varying queue of customers. Despite the uncertainty in both arrival and service of orders, customers request tight due dates, and they are also resentful of late ...
Two exact formulations for disassembly line balancing problems with task precedence diagram construction using an AND/OR graph.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... 1. Introduction In the last two decades environmental issues have become a major concern for industry. Governments have passed legislation against the indiscriminate disposal of hazardous products. Companies have started to comply with these rulings by changing their ...
Performance analysis of tandem queues with small buffers.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... 1. Introduction Queueing networks with finite buffers have been studied extensively in the literature (see, for example, Perros, 1989; Perros and Altiok, 1989; Dallery and Gershwin, 1992). These models have many applications in manufacturing, communication and computer systems ....
Surrogate modeling of dimensional variation propagation in multistage assembly processes.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Notation [t.sub.i] = coordinates of the ith locator in a reference co-ordinate system; [v.sub.i] = small deviations of the ith locator from its nominal positions; U = the small tolerance on the variation of the locator position; q = location ...
Production control under uncertainty: closed-loop versus open-loop approach.(Report)
Oct 01, 2009; ... 1. Introduction Stochastic production control, characterized by uncertain demand, product defects and machine failure, is typically considered the prerogative of closed-loop or on-line approaches (see, for example, the pioneering work of Kimemia (1982), Kimemia and Gershwin ...