Serial production systems with random yield and rigid demand: A heuristic

Tal Ben-Zvi, Abraham Grosfeld-Nir

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Abstract

We consider a heuristic for serial production systems with random yields and rigid demand: all usable units exiting a stage move forward. We calculate optimal lots and corresponding expected costs for binomial, interrupted-geometric, and all-or-nothing yields. Our method is that it makes it easy to analyze large systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)235-244
Number of pages10
JournalOperations Research Letters
Volume35
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2007

Keywords

  • Binomial distribution
  • Interrupted-geometric distribution
  • Random yield
  • Rigid demand
  • Serial system

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