TANDEM QUEUES WITH PLANNED INVENTORIES
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
LEE, YJ; ZIPKIN, P
刊物名称：
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
ISSN/ISSBN：
0030-364X
DOI：
10.1287/opre.40.5.936
发表日期：
1992
页码：
936-947
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摘要：
This paper explores a natural generalization of the classic tandem-queue model, designed specifically to represent make-to-stock production processes. In such systems, intermediate and finished goods can be produced and stored in advance of demand. We consider the simplest version of the model, where demand is a Poisson process, and the unit production times are exponentially distributed. We propose and test a tractable approximation scheme. The approximation appears to be quite accurate.