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The future of manufacturing systems engineering by Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…Manufacturing systems engineering will be greatly affected by advances in technology, including cheaper, ubiquitous sensors, increasing computational speeds,…”
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Dynamic scheduling in make-to-stock production systems with setup times and random breakdowns: performance analysis and improved policies by Tubilla, Fernando, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We study the scheduling of production in a multi-item, failure-prone machine with setup times, with the objective of minimising long-run average inventory and…”
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A segmentation approach for solving buffer allocation problems in large production systems by Shi, Chuan, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…Buffer space allocation is an important step in production line design. In this paper, we focus on maximising the profit rate of a line subject to a production…”
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Performance evaluation of a two-machine line with a finite buffer and condition-based maintenance by Fitouhi, Mohamed-Chahir, Nourelfath, Mustapha, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…This paper considers a two-machine continuous flow manufacturing system with a buffer of finite capacity, and where the machines are subjected to failures,…”
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A decomposition method for approximate evaluation of continuous flow multi-stage lines with general Markovian machines by Colledani, Marcello, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…In this paper, a decomposition method for evaluating the performance of continuous flow lines with machines characterized by general Markovian fluid models and…”
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Part sojourn time distribution in a two-machine line by Shi, Chuan, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…•An analytic formulation for the part sojourn time distribution in a 2-machine line.•Machines are unreliable and the buffer is finite.•The analytic formulation…”
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An efficient buffer design algorithm for production line profit maximization by Shi, Chuan, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…In this paper, we present an effective algorithm for maximizing profits through buffer size optimization for production lines. We consider both buffer space…”
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Analysis of a general Markovian two-stage continuous-flow production system with a finite buffer by Tan, Barış, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…Fluid flow models are used in the performance evaluation of production, computer, and telecommunication systems. In order to develop a methodology to analyze…”
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Improvement of the evaluation of closed-loop production systems with unreliable machines and finite buffers by Shi, Chuan, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…•Identify two problems in an existing algorithm for Buzacott type closed-loops.•Develop new analytical solutions for two special two-machine building…”
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Stability of Prioritized Scheduling Policies in Manufacturing Systems With Setup Times by Tubilla, Fernando, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We study the dynamic scheduling of a multi-item machine with setup times and static priorities. We consider a class of base-stock policies for this system and…”
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Modelling and analysis of Markovian continuous flow systems with a finite buffer by Tan, Barış, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…In this study, a Markovian fluid flow system with two stages separated by a finite buffer is considered. Fluid flow models have been analyzed extensively to…”
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Discrete time model for two-machine one-buffer transfer lines with restart policy by Gebennini, Elisa, Grassi, Andrea, Fantuzzi, Cesare, Gershwin, Stanley B., Schick, Irvin Cemil

“…The paper deals with analytical modeling of transfer lines consisting of two machines decoupled by one finite buffer. In particular, the case in which a…”
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An approximate analytical method for evaluating the performance of closed-loop flow systems with unreliable machines and finite buffers by Gershwin, Stanley B., Werner, Loren M.

“…We present an efficient and accurate approximate analytical decomposition method for evaluating the production rate and distribution of inventory of a…”
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Integrated quality and quantity modeling of a production line by Kim, Jongyoon, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…During the past three decades, the success of the Toyota Production System has spurred much research in manufacturing systems engineering. Productivity and…”
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An efficient new job release control methodology by Qi, Chao, Sivakumar, Appa Iyer, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…This paper presents a new job release methodology: WIPLOAD Control (WIPLCtrl), which is a workload limited release methodology for the overall shop floor. The…”
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Heuristic control of multiple batch processors with incompatible job families and future job arrivals by Tajan, John Benedict C., Sivakumar, Appa Iyer, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We analyse the problem of minimising the mean cycle time of a batch processing stage containing K > 1 batch processors in parallel with incompatible job…”
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Efficient algorithms for buffer space allocation by Gershwin, Stanley B, Schor, James E

“…This paper describes efficient algorithms for determining how buffer space should be allocated in a flow line. We analyze two problems: a primal problem, which…”
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A Network Flow Model for the Performance Evaluation and Design of Material Separation Systems For Recycling by Wolf, M. I., Colledani, M., Gershwin, S. B., Gutowski, T. G.

“…Interest in recycling has surged due to increasing material costs, environmental concerns over material production and disposal, and laws designed to improve…”
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Controlling job arrivals with processing time windows into Batch Processor Buffer by Tajan, John Benedict C., Sivakumar, Appa Iyer, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We consider a two-stage manufacturing system composed of a batch processor and its upstream processor. Jobs exit the upstream processor and join a queue in…”
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Production and Subcontracting Strategies for Manufacturers with Limited Capacity and Volatile Demand by Tan, Barış, Gershwin, Stanley B.

“…We study a manufacturing firm that builds a product to stock to meet a random demand. If there is a positive surplus of finished goods, customers make their…”
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