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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"Flexible manufacturing systems"”.
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Coordination control of flexible manufacturing systems
… model driven system for coordination control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs).
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Effectiveness analysis of flexible manufacturing systems
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1985.
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Fuzzy Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) are production systems consisting of identical multipurpose numerically controlled machines (workstations), automated material handling system, tools, load and unload stations, inspection stations, storage areas and a hierarchical control system. The latter has …
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Intelligent Feedback Control for Flexible Manufacturing Systems
To many, the Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) is a key element in addressing the urgent need to rebuild and streamline the current industrial base. Combining flexibility with efficient production, these systems provide industry with the needed economic benefits to produce with high quality and …
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Flexible manufacturing systems and the housing industry
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Structural analysis and control of flexible manufacturing systems
… control. Structural analysis in discrete event systems refers to the characterization of states and regions in the system state space which are logically inconsistent with ""normal"" system operation. The structural characteristics of an FMS strongly affect its behavior and performance. The …
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Time scale analysis techniques for flexible manufacturing systems
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1988.
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Hierarchial control of production in flexible manufacturing systems
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1982.
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Hardware-based Parallel Simulation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
… can dramatically improve the speed of simulating flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) by applying appropriate enabling hardware technologies. The hardware-based parallel simulation refers to running a simulation on a multi-microprocessor integrated circuit board, called the simulator, which is …
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An economic equipment replacement model for flexible manufacturing systems
… equipment replacement model suitable for Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs). An FMS represents an integrated machining system which produces multiple products and utilizes multiple inputs including avital materials handling system. The system's interactive nature defies traditional …
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Reconfigurable Hardware-Based Simulation Modeling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
… the speed of simulating the operations of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). Here reconfigurable hardware-based simulation refers to running simulation on a reconfigurable hardware platform, realized by Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The hardware model, also called simulator, is …
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The use of dynamic networks in scheduling flexible manufacturing systems
Flexible Manufacturing Systems have developed recently to allow companies to compete in a global market. One problem arising from such systems is the optimal scheduling of the jobs through the system. There is much discussion as to what this problem should be, but it is agreed that it is a hard …
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Manufacturing system design : flexible manufacturing systems and value stream mapping
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2002.
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Design and implementation of flexible manufacturing systems: some analysis concepts
… encountered in designing and implementing a flexible manufacturing system. SIM-Q, an input-generator for simulation modelling developed in this study provides a powerful and expedient tool for resolving the material handling system selection, work scheduling, input control, and real time …
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Mathematical programming approach to cell formation problems in flexible manufacturing systems.
The objectives of this dissertation are to develop methodologies to solve large instances of the following cell formation problems: (1) the problem of allocating machines to part families, (2) the machine-part grouping problem, and (3) the problem of allocating new parts to existing groups. The …
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The effect of tool sharing on reliability of flexible manufacturing systems.
… in opting for reliability and flexibility in Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs) is to enhance the availability of resources in order to maintain an uninterrupted production. This means that sufficient redundancies must be foreseen at the preliminary production planning stage to cope with …
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Scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems integrating petri nets and artificial intelligence methods.
… and widely studied problem, the scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FIVIS). This work builds on existing results that clearly show the convenience of PNs as a modelling tool for FIVIS. It addresses the problem of the integration of PN and Al based search methods. Whilst this is …
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The production planning problems of flexible manufacturing systems with high tool variety
… production planning problems associated with flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) with high tool variety. In this environment of FMS, the tool requirements at workstations exceed the respective tool magazine capacities. During an extensive survey of related literature, it appeared that the …
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Structural analysis and control of flexible manufacturing systems with a performance perspective
Strategic objectives in modern discrete-part manufacturing are shifting from the previously sought economies of scale to the so called economies of scope, where emphasis is placed on product variety and customization, as well as the increased responsiveness of the production system to widely …
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Integration of operation allocation and material handling in the design of flexible manufacturing systems.
Operation Allocation and Material Handling Systems Selection are important functions of a manufacturing system and as such must be considered within an integrated approach to manufacturing systems design. This work, an extension to the work done by Paulo (1999) proposes to integrate two important …
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