An investigation into a two stage tandem queue for an optimum sawmill design

The applicability of queueing theory as an operations research tool for modelling sawmills is described. The model selected is a two-stage tandem queue with two stations in the second stage. Each of the stations has general service times and finite buffer storage capacities which create the possibil...

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Main Author: Zwick, Robert Lewis
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24964