Approximate analysis of production systems operated by a CONWIP/finite buffer hybrid control policy

摘要

We present a decomposition method for approximate performance analysis of tandem production systems that are controlled by a hybrid control policy, in which the finite buffers of a flow line are augmented by a CONWIP cell enforcing release control to the line. The method decomposes the system into a set of tree different types of building blocks. One is the continuous material two-machine line described in the literature; the second is a special case of the first in which the buffer is infinite.