The past two decades have seen a great deal of research into the stochastic modelling of production, manufacturing, and inventory systems for the purpose of imp

Manufacturing industries are devoted to producing high-quality products in the most economical and timely manner. Quality, economics, and time not only indicate

The text is designed for engineering students at the senior undergraduate level and first-year students at graduate level, and professionals (R&D engineers in t

Modeling and control issues in automated manufacturing systems. Introduction to Markov processes and queueing theory. Petri net theory in manufacturing. Formal