Title :
An Architecture for Heuristic Factory Control
Author :
Van Dyke Parunak, H. ; White, John F. ; Lozo, Peter W. ; Judd, Robert ; Irish, Bruce W. ; Kindrick, James
Author_Institution :
Industrial Technology Institute, P.O. Box 1485, Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Abstract :
This paper describes the architecture of YAMS (Yet Another Manufacturing System), a factory control system for flexible manufacturing currently under development at the Industrial Technology Institute. We summarize ¿ some objectives such a system must satisfy, and ¿ its overall architecture. Then we focus on three details of the overall system, ¿ its scheduling strategies, ¿ strategies for moving tools and materials around the factory, and ¿ the bottom elements in the hierarchy, the individual workstations.
Keywords :
Control systems; Electrical equipment industry; Flexible manufacturing systems; Industrial control; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Production facilities; Pulp manufacturing; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1986
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
