Article ID: | iaor20071685 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 44 |
Issue: | 20 |
Start Page Number: | 4273 |
End Page Number: | 4295 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2006 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Wysk R.A., Shin D., Rothrock L. |
Keywords: | control |
This paper describes a human–automation interactive manufacturing system and presents a formal model for describing and controlling the system. The model presented in this paper considers a system from two perspectives: structural and operational perspectives. Human and an automated controller are considered agents that cooperate to achieve given goals by executing assigned tasks. A human–automation interaction is described with a particular communication model between two agents that exchanges messages. A system control schema and human tasks are modelled separately and then integrated in a formal manner using a modified communicating finite state machine framework. An interface model that coordinates the message exchanges between two agents is then introduced. An automated shop floor control system with a human material handler is modelled with the proposed framework and a simple illustrative example is provided.