| Article ID: | iaor20021151 |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Issue: | 2/3 |
| Start Page Number: | 55 |
| End Page Number: | 79 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1999 |
| Journal: | Belgian Journal of Operations Research, Statistics and Computer Science |
| Authors: | Assani A. |
| Keywords: | programming: travelling salesman, measurement, manufacturing industries |
Queueing models provide a useful tool in designing manufacturing systems amongst others. An extensive survey on the subject is given in a recent review paper of Buzacott and Shanthikumar. However, these models neglected the due-dates of orders being processed. In this work, we describe a simple method for modelling such due-date-based performance measures as tardiness or flow time. Next, we derive bounds and comparison properties of these measures.