Approximate analysis of transfer lines with unreliable machines and finite buffers. (English) Zbl 0689.68118

Dallery, Yves; David, René; Xie, Xiao-Lan

IEEE Trans. Autom. Control 34, No. 9, 943-953 (1989).

MSC:

68U20	Simulation (MSC2010)
68M20	Performance evaluation, queueing, and scheduling in the context of computer systems
60K25	Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory)

Keywords:

transfer lines; unreliable machines; finite buffers; blocking; starvation; homogeneous lines; continuous flow model; production rate; average buffer levels