An Algorithm for Calculating Expected Production Function and other Similar Functions for a Flexible Manufacturing System

Authors

  • Vinod Kumar Carleton University, Ottawa
  • J. N. Kapoor Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.36.5974

Keywords:

Algorithm, Production Function, Flexible Manufacturing System

Abstract

The fact that for the case when the number of machines in each group is the same, the expected production function is a symmetric function of scaled workloads, is exploited to express this function in terms of the, basic symmetric functions of the loads. The same technique is suggested for calculating the probability of all the machines being found busy and the variance of the proportion of busy machines in the system.

Author Biographies

Vinod Kumar, Carleton University, Ottawa

School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

J. N. Kapoor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016

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Published

2010-05-06

How to Cite

Kumar, V., & Kapoor, J. N. (2010). An Algorithm for Calculating Expected Production Function and other Similar Functions for a Flexible Manufacturing System. Defence Science Journal, 36(3), 243–255. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.36.5974

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General Papers