Performance optimization of manufacturing systems: an hybrid systems approach

Author

Balduzzi, Fabio ; Ghirardi, Marco ; Menga, Giuseppe

Author_Institution

Dip. di Autom. ed Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

26 April-1 May 2004

Firstpage

2255

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel formulation for analysis and performance optimisation of flexible manufacturing systems. We approximately represent the dynamics of the system with a hybrid model and derive an optimum control strategy for part routing and machine scheduling. We show that the system can be described with a single formalism as a stochastic discrete time, time-varying, state variable model which allows fast and direct design of the system configuration.

Keywords

discrete time systems; flexible manufacturing systems; optimal control; optimisation; process control; scheduling; stochastic systems; flexible manufacturing systems; hybrid systems approach; machine scheduling; manufacturing systems optimization; optimum control strategy; part routing; state variable model; stochastic discrete time system; time-varying system; Automatic control; Control system analysis; Flexible manufacturing systems; Fluid dynamics; Manufacturing systems; Optimization; Performance analysis; Routing; Stochastic systems; Time varying systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8232-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1307397

Filename

1307397