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Buffer capacity allocation problems for flow-line manufacturing systems with unreliable machines are studied. These problems arise in a wide range of manufacturing systems and concern determining buffer capacities with respect to a given optimality criterion which can depend on the average production rate of the line, buffer cost, inventory cost, etc. Here, this problem is proven to be NP-hard for a tandem production line and oracle representation of the revenue and cost functions, and NP-hard for a series-parallel line and stepwise revenue function.
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Dolgui, A., Eremeev, A., Kovalyov, M.Y. et al. Complexity of Buffer Capacity Allocation Problems for Production Lines with Unreliable Machines. J Math Model Algor 12, 155–165 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10852-012-9199-z
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