On Some Problems of Machine Interference
机器服务干扰的若干问题
SUMMARY The problem of interference arises when a team of operatives is attending a set of machines, these being assumed to have a certain servicing factor. In this paper an estimator of the servicing factor and a simple expression for the machine efficiency are introduced. A loss function is also given, with a method for the determination of an appropriate number of operatives to be applied for the attendance of the machines.