Naval Research Logistics (NRL) · 2006 · 79 citations · 7 references
EngineeringIndustrial EngineeringSmart ManufacturingInventory TheorySimulationCycle Time‐throughputOperations ResearchStochastic SimulationTiming AnalysisNumerical SimulationSystems EngineeringLogisticsModeling And SimulationQuantitative ManagementComputer EngineeringManufacturing PlanningLarge-scale SimulationManufacturing SystemsCt‐th CurveMultistage ProcedureManufacturing StrategyQueueing SystemsPerformance ModelingCycle Time‐throughput CurvesBusinessSimulation InfrastructureReal-time SystemsQueuing TheoryComputer Modeling
Abstract A cycle time‐throughput (CT‐TH) curve, which quantifies the relationship of long‐run average cycle time to throughput rate, plays an important role in strategic planning for manufacturing systems. In this paper, a nonlinear regression metamodel supported by queueing theory is developed to represent the underlying CT‐TH curve implied by a manufacturing simulation model. To estimate the model efficiently, simulation experiments are built up sequentially using a multistage procedure. Extensive numerical experiments are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed procedure. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2007
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