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Impacts of programmable manufacturing technology: A review of recent studies and contingency formulation
(Elsevier, 1993-09)
This paper reviews the literature on the social impacts of programmable manufacturing technology (PMT). Several perspectives on the social impact of technology are identified ranging from simple additive models that view ...
Expected waiting times in single-device trip-based material handling systems
(Elsevier, 1994-05-26)
In an earlier paper we presented an approximate analytical model to estimate the expected device utilization and the expected station cycle times (i.e., the average time between two successive arrivals of a device at each ...
Expected move request waiting times in single-device, polling-based material handling systems
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2001-01)
We present an analytical approach to approximate the expected waiting times of move requests (customers) served by a single handling device (server) that operates according to the First-Encountered-First-Served (FEFS) rule, ...
Studies of lexicography in the generalized network simplex method
(Baltzer Science Publishers, Baarn/Kluwer Academic Publishers; J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-09)
This paper introduces an analytical approach for studying lexicography in generalized network problems. The equations obtained can help us to understand and to extend the existing theory. First, it is verified that all ...
Tandem AGV systems: A partitioning algorithm and performance comparison with conventional AGV systems
(Elsevier, 1992-12-10)
In an earlier paper, Bozer and Srinivasan introduced the tandem concept for automated guided vehicle (AGV) systems and presented an analytical model to evaluate the throughput performance of a basic component of the system; ...
A reexamination of the distance-based facility layout problem
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Chapman and Hall ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1997-07)
In this paper we qualitatively and numerically compare basic modeling approaches to the distance-based facility layout problem and the types of result obtained from them. In the process we observe that when the facility ...
Computational behavior of a feasible direction method for linear programming
(Elsevier, 1989-06-15)
We discuss a finite method of feasible directions for linear programs. The method begins with a BFS (basic feasible solution) and constructs a profitable direction by combining the updated columns of several nonbasic ...
Supplier dependence and innovation: a contingency model of suppliers' innovative activities
(Elsevier, 1990-09)
The management of innovation is a complex task and the management of suppliers' innovative activities is especially so because it involves managing technological factors across the traditional boundaries of the firm. This ...
Estimating the throughput of an exponential CONWIP assembly system
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-03)
We consider a production system consisting of several fabrication lines feeding an assembly station where both fabrication and assembly lines consist of multiple machine exponential workstations and the CONWIP (CONstant ...