Asymptotic performance analysis of closed serial production systems

패쇄직렬 생산시스템의 점근적 성능해석

This paper formulates a problem of analysis and design of serial production lines, closed with respect to the number of carriers available in the system for parts transportation between operations. For two machines - two buffers systems, the paper gives an asymptotic solution and shows that optimization of the system with respect to the number of carriers available and the capacity of the feedback buffer may lead to substantial improvements of system's performance.