Transient Behavior of Two-Machine Geometric Production Lines

Author

Meerkov, Semyon M. ; Shimkin, Nahum ; Zhang, Liang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

55

Issue

2

fYear

2010

Firstpage

453

Lastpage

458

Abstract

Production system transients characterize the process of reaching the steady state throughput. Reducing transients´ duration is important in a number of applications. This technical note is intended to analyze transients in serial production lines with machines obeying the geometric reliability model. The Markov chain approach is used, and the second largest eigenvalue of the transition matrices is utilized to characterize the transients. Due to large dimensionality of the transition matrices, only two-machine systems are addressed, and the second largest eigenvalue is investigated as a function of the breakdown and repair probabilities. Conditions under which shorter up- and downtimes lead to faster transients are provided.

Keywords

Markov processes; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; matrix algebra; production management; reliability; Markov chain; eigenvalue; geometric production lines; geometric reliability model; production system transients; transient behavior; transient downtime condition; transient uptime condition; transition matrices; two-machine systems; Assembly; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Electric breakdown; Machining; Paints; Production systems; Solid modeling; Steady-state; Throughput; Transient analysis; Effects of up- and downtime; geometric reliability model; production lines; production rate; transient behavior;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9286

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAC.2009.2036328

Filename

5373896