Title :
A dynamic scheduling for flexible manufacturing systems: hierarchical control and dispatching by heuristics
Author :
Yoshida, Taketoshi ; Nakasuka, Shinichi
Author_Institution :
IBM Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A method for controlling job flows in a flexible manufacturing system is proposed. It consists of loading control and dispatching components for the loading station and workstations. For loading control, a modified linear program is solved by heuristics. For dispatching, learning by experimentation is used to formulate the heuristics. Results of simulation studies are given to show the effectiveness of the method
Keywords :
flexible manufacturing systems; heuristic programming; hierarchical systems; production control; scheduling; FMS; dispatching; dynamic scheduling; flexible manufacturing systems; heuristics; hierarchical control; job flows; learning; loading control; loading station; modified linear program; workstations; Control systems; Dispatching; Dynamic scheduling; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Laboratories; Manufacturing systems; Materials handling; Production; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1989., Proceedings of the 28th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1989.70241
