Throughput analysis is important for the design, operation and management of production
systems. A substantial amount of research has been devoted to develo** analytical …

Production is one of the most significant building blocks that strengthen the sustainable
economy of companies and thus contribute to the countries' welfare. Performance indicators …

Many problems in manufacturing systems can be formulated via Markov stochastic
modeling. This paper gives a review and classification of timed models of manufacturing …

Bottlenecks within a production line significantly reduce the productivity. Quick and correct
identification of the bottleneck locations can lead to an improvement in the operation …

Flow production lines with finite buffer capacities are used in practice for mass production,
eg, in the automotive and food industries. The decision regarding the allocation of buffer …

The field of Operations Research (OR) covers a wide range of mathematical topics. Because
it is so broad, results and formulas relevant to the field are widely scattered in different texts …

In recent years, achieving high energy efficiency has become one of the primary goals in
manufacturing, along with maintaining high productivity and quality. In many manufacturing …

Conventionally, improving production efficiency, flexibility and responsiveness has been the
primary research focus of production management, while energy consumption has received …

In this article, an empirical analysis of experimental design approaches in simulation-based
metamodelling of manufacturing systems with genetic programming (GP) is presented. An …

Variability is a key characteristic for evaluating the performance of a process. Small
variability for a bottleneck machine can generate high production variability. Short-term …