| Starvation and Blocking |
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| Starvation occurs when a downstream activity is idle with no inputs to process because of upstream delays. Blocking occurs when an activity becomes idle because the next downstream activity is not ready to take it. Both starvation and blocking can be reduced by adding buffers that hold inventory between activities. | |
| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 April 2008 05:22 ) |
