Title :
Modeling and analysis of manufacturing systems with parallel lines
Author_Institution :
Gen. Motors R&D Center, Manuf. Syst. Res. Lab., Warren, MI, USA
Abstract :
This note is devoted to the study of manufacturing systems with parallel production lines. By using overlapping decomposition method, a convergent recursive procedure is presented to estimate system production rate with high accuracy. The results obtained are illustrated by a case study at an automotive assembly plant.
Keywords :
manufacturing systems; recursive estimation; convergent recursive procedure; manufacturing systems modeling; overlapping decomposition method; parallel machines; parallel production lines; system production rate; Analytical models; Assembly; Automotive engineering; Job production systems; Manufacturing systems; Parallel machines; Performance analysis; Production systems; Recursive estimation; System performance; Aggregation; overlapping decomposition; parallel lines; production rate;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.2004.835584
