Classification of queueing models for a workstation with interruptions: a review

Queueing theory is commonly used to evaluate the performance of production systems. Due to the complexity of practical production lines, choosing correct queueing models under the existence of interruptions can be intricate, but is critical to the evaluation of system performance. This paper gives a...

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Published inInternational journal of production research Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 902 - 917
Main Author Wu, Kan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Taylor & Francis 01.02.2014
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Approximation
Assembly lines
Categories
Classification
Interruption
manufacturing system
Operations research
Performance evaluation
Preempting
Queueing theory
Queues
Queuing theory
Studies
Work stations
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Summary:Queueing theory is commonly used to evaluate the performance of production systems. Due to the complexity of practical production lines, choosing correct queueing models under the existence of interruptions can be intricate, but is critical to the evaluation of system performance. This paper gives a review of research in this area, proposes a systematic way to classify different types of interruptions in manufacturing systems and suggests proper queueing models for each category. The operational definition of service time is given and the decomposition properties for the run-based state-induced and time-based preemptive events are explained. The corresponding G/G/1 approximate models are proposed.
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ISSN:0020-7543
1366-588X
DOI:10.1080/00207543.2013.843799