Analysis of dynamic dispatching rules for a flexible manufacturing system

FTS Chan, HK Chan, HCW Lau, RWL Ip - Journal of Materials Processing …, 2003 - Elsevier
This paper presents a simulation model of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) which
subjects to minimization three performance criteria simultaneously such as mean flow time …

Tool allocation in flexible manufacturing systems with tool alternatives

N Buyurgan, C Saygin, SE Kilic - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2004 - Elsevier
In this paper, a heuristic approach for tool selection in flexible manufacturing systems (FMS)
is presented. The proposed approach utilizes the ratio of tool life over tool size (L/S) for tool …

[PDF][PDF] A review of simulation-based intelligent decision support system architecture for the adaptive control of flexible manufacturing systems

I Mahdavi, B Shirazi - Journal of Artificial Intelligence, 2010 - researchgate.net
The aim of this study is to review the architecture of simulation-based Intelligent Decision
Support Systems (IDSS) for real time control of a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS). The …

Colored Petri net model for significant reduction of invariants in flexible manufacturing systems

SA Shah, ELJ Bohez, K Shah, I ul Haq, K Azam… - … International Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
This study focuses on simplification of the Petri net model of a manufacturing system for
reduction in the total number of elementary circuits to decrease the analysis time of systems …

Comparing the effectiveness of workload balancing objectives in FMS loading

N Kumar, K Shanker - International Journal of Production Research, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Workload balancing is a popular objective in FMS loading. Usually it is achieved by
minimizing the imbalance, which is some function of workload differences. Thus, each …

iCoSim-FMS: An intelligent co-simulator for the adaptive control of complex flexible manufacturing systems

B Shirazi, I Mahdavi, N Mahdavi-Amiri - Simulation Modelling Practice and …, 2011 - Elsevier
We describe an intelligent co-simulator for real time production control of a complex flexible
manufacturing system (CFMS) having machine and tool flexibility. The manufacturing …

Dynamic scheduling of flexible manufacturing system using support vector machines

YH Liu, HP Huang, YS Lin - IEEE International Conference on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) needs a powerful scheduler to assign dispatching
rules dynamically for achieving good performance. A scheduler should possess high …

Intelligent decision support system for the adaptive control of a flexible manufacturing system with machine and tool flexibility

B Shirazi, I Mahdavi, M Solimanpur - International journal of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes an intelligent decision support system (IDSS) for real time control of a
flexible manufacturing system (FMS). The controller is capable of classifying symptoms in …

Dynamic scheduling for a flexible manufacturing system-the pre-emptive approach

FTS Chan, HK Chan - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2001 - Springer
This paper presents a simulation model of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) which
minimises three performance criteria simultaneously, ie mean flow-time, mean tardiness …

Attribute selection for the scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems based on fuzzy set-theoretic approach and genetic algorithm

YH Liu, HP Huang, YS Lin - Journal of the Chinese Institute of …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Assigning proper dispatching rules dynamically has been shown to enhance various
performance measures for a flexible manufacturing system (FMS). To achieve this, real-time …