Keyword: production: FMS

Found 229 papers in total
Structural properties of optimal tool replacement policy in a machining center
1992,
An optimal tool replacement problem for a machining center in a flexible manufacturing...
On an automated two-machine flowshop scheduling problem with infinite buffer
1991,
This paper discusses a new flowshop scheduling problem related to automated...
Multiobjective undiscounted Markov renewal program and its application to a tool replacement problem in an FMS
1992,
This paper deals with a multiobjective undiscounted Markov renewal program with...
Scheduling customer orders-An alternative production scheduling approach
1990,
The authors consider a flexible manufacturing environment where customer requirements...
Mean value analysis for multiclass closed queueing network models of Flexible Manufacturing Systems with limited buffers
1990,
Flexible Manufacturing Systems are modelled as multiple class queueing networks with a...
Investment justification in flexible manufacturing systems
1991,
When a company installs flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), the results can be truly...
Quality control of an unreliable flexible manufacturing system with scrapping and infinite buffer capacity
1989,
Manufacturing multiple part types on a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is...
Allocating buffer storages in a flexible manufacturing system
1989,
This article reports an approximation scheme to determine buffer capacities required...
Production planning of a flexible manufacturing system in a material requirements planning environment
1989,
Early flexible manufacturing system (FMS) production planning models exhibited a...
A loop layout design problem for flexible manufacturing systems
1989,
The interconnection pattern of the processing modules of a computerized manufacturing...
A tool provisioning problem in an FMS
1989,
A fundamental decision in designing a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) is the...
Modeling FMS with decision Petri nets
1989,
Decision point extended timed Petri nets or decision Petri nets (DPN) are introduced...
Algorithms for efficient planning and operation of a particular FMS
1989,
This article is a detailed case study of a particular FMS that will be operational in...
Rule-based production planning in flexible manufacturing systems
1990,
Production planning in flexible manufacturing may require the solution of a...
Analysis of flexibility with rationing for a mix of manufacturing facilities
1990,
A major competitive advantage of a flexible manufacturing facility is its ability to...
Dynamic load control policies for a flexible manufacturing system with stochastic processing rates
1990,
Real-time scheduling and load controls of FMSs are complex processes in which the...
Economics and success factors of flexible manufacturing systems: The conventional explanation revisited
1990,
This article analyzes costs and relative benefits of several hundred flexible...
A heuristic method to determine the number of pallets in a flexible manufacturing system with several pallet types
1990,
This article presents a new heuristic method, called PANORAMA, that enables the...
Flexible manufacturing systems evaluation: An alternative approach
1990,
The purpose of this article is to integrate the von Neumann-Morgenstern theory of...
A knowledge-based system for the strategic control level of robots in flexible manufacturing cells
1990,
The strategic control level synthesis for robots is related to a hierarchical robot...
Optimizing processing rates for Flexible Manufacturing Systems
1991,
This paper introduces the generic concept of processing rates as decision variables in...
Reliability analysis of flexible manufacturing systems
1990,
High productivity is the primary goal of flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) in...
An inexact algorithm for part input sequencing and scheduling with side constraints in FMS
1989,
Consider a flexible manufacturing system that produces parts of several types. The FMS...
A pattern-directed approach to flexible manufacturing: A framework for intelligent scheduling, learning, and control
1990,
The planning, scheduling, and control of manufacturing systems can all be viewed as...
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