2V050 Stochastic models for Design and Planning
Fall 2003

Meetings:	Tuesday 9:30-12:30 PAV K10
Instructor:	Ivo Adan
	office:	HG 9.07
	telephone:	247 29 32
	e-mail:	iadan@win.tue.nl
Office Hours:	when I am in
Text:	J. A. Buzacott and J.G. Shanthikumar:
	Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems,
	Prentice Hall, 1993.
Examination:	Take home assignment

Assignment: (due February 1, 2004)

Container terminal

Course outline from week to week

1. Preface
   Basic concepts from probability theory
   Queueing models and some fundamental relations
2. Markov chains and Markov processes
   The M/M/1 system
   The M/M/1 system with priorities
   The M/M/1 system with subcontracting
3. A system with production-to-stock
   The M/G/1 system
   The M/G/1 priority system
4. The M/G/1 system with set-up times
   Queueing systems with general interarrival times
   Multi-machine systems
5. Machine-repairmen problem
6. Production lines
7. Open job shop systems
8. Closed production networks