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A model for admission control of returned products in a remanufacturing facility using queuing theory

Karamouzian, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2011

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2933-7
  3. Publisher: 2011
  4. Abstract:
  5. This paper deals with decision making in a remanufacturing facility where returned products arrive according to a Poisson process. Arrivals have different routings among the facility stations since they have different defects and need different operations. A returned product is either accepted for remanufacturing or sold at a salvage value without working on it in order to reduce congestion. The authors provide an analytical model using a queuing network theory to obtain the best policy for accepting returned products. Furthermore, a continuous genetic algorithm is implemented to solve the model, which happens to be a mixed integer nonlinear programming problem. Several examples are solved by the implemented genetic algorithm and the results are evaluated
  6. Keywords:
  7. Admission Control ; Analytical model ; Continuous genetic algorithms ; Mixed integer non-linear programming problems ; Poisson process ; Queuing network ; Queuing network theory ; Queuing theory ; Remanufacturing ; Routings ; Time value ; Decision making ; Genetic algorithms ; Integer programming ; Mathematical models ; Poisson distribution ; Queueing networks ; Recycling ; Queueing theory
  8. Source: International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology ; Volume 54, Issue 1-4 , April , 2011 , Pages 403-412 ; 02683768 (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00170-010-2933-7