Cycle time variability for a network under two queueing disciplines /

(FISFO) and first-in first-out (FIFO). Intuition suggests,

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vasquez Pariente, Marta Irene, 1971-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
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Summary:(FISFO) and first-in first-out (FIFO). Intuition suggests,
A network of three single-server queues is investigated.
also lower mean cycle time than FIFO in certain situations.
and customer satisfaction. More simulation experiments are
basis of the mean and variance of the network cycle time.
can yield improvements in the variability of the cycle time
FISFO produces not only lower variance of the cycle time but
improvements will impact favorably the quoting of lead times
in certain cases, that the mean cycle time will be the same
in systems like the one investigated in this research. These
need to be developed.
perform the same. When there is a high traffic intensity,
Performance of two queueing disciplines is compared on the
suggested to provide more evidence that analytical results
The two queueing disciplines are first-in-system first-out
These results suggest that FISFO, a simple rule to implement,
under both disciplines but that the variance will be lower
under FISFO. Results of this study suggest that in the cases
where there is a low traffic intensity, both disciplines
Item Description:"Major subject: Industrial Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:viii, 78 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.