Hc. Horng et Jk. Cochran, Project surface regions: a decision support methodology for multitasking workers assignment in JIT systems, COM IND ENG, 39(1-2), 2001, pp. 159-171
This research develops a decision support methodology called project surfac
e regions (PSR) via the use of discrete-event simulation and response surfa
ce methodology (RSM). It is used to assist production managers in determini
ng the appropriate number of multitasking workers and the corresponding dyn
amic dispatching rule-pair when a JIT system's behavior changes. A set of d
ynamic dispatching rule-pairs, including a new invented rule-pair, is consi
dered to demonstrate the application of PSR. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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