• DocumentCode
    237536
  • Title

    Time Buffer Control System for multi-stage production lines

  • Author

    Pedrielli, Giulia ; Alfieri, Arianna ; Matta, Andrea

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Maritime Studies, Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    18-22 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    393
  • Lastpage
    398
  • Abstract
    The Time Buffer Control System (TBCS) for coordinating multi-stage systems is introduced in this paper. The TBCS controls the release of jobs to synchronize the stages of a production line. Specifically, a set of time intervals called time buffers are adopted to delay the flow of jobs. The dynamics of the TBCS is described as well as the structural properties characterizing the policy. Numerical results are presented to evaluate the performance of a production/inventory system controlled by TBCS.
  • Keywords
    production control; TBCS; multistage production lines; multistage systems; performance evaluation; production-inventory system; structural properties; time buffer control system; time intervals; Control systems; Equations; Mathematical model; Mathematical programming; Production; Servers; Synchronization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Taipei
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CoASE.2014.6899355
  • Filename
    6899355