DocumentCode
1411934
Title
Stability of real-time lot-scheduling and machine replacement policies with quality levels
Author
Sethi, Suresh P. ; Sorger, Gerhard ; Zhou, Xun Yu
Author_Institution
Texas Univ., Dallas, TX, USA
Volume
45
Issue
11
fYear
2000
fDate
11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2193
Lastpage
2196
Abstract
We consider a single machine, multiproduct manufacturing system which can operate at finitely many quality levels. The quality of the machine deteriorates according to a continuous-time Markov process and the only way to improve the quality is by replacing the machine by a new one. In this framework we derive conditions for the stability of the system under a simple class of real-time scheduling/replacement policies. The stability notion that we employ is the recurrence of the total work backlog.
Keywords
Markov processes; production control; quality control; stability; Markov process; lot-scheduling; machine replacement; multiproduct manufacturing system; production control; quality control; single machine system; stability; Electric breakdown; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing systems; Markov processes; Real time systems; Single machine scheduling; Stability; Switches; Timing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/9.887687
Filename
887687
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