Manufacturing Systems Control Design details a matrix-based
approach to the real-time application of control in discrete-event
systems and flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) in particular. The
"and/or" algebra in which matrix operations are carried out enables
fast and efficient calculations with a minimum of computing power.
In addition, the method uses standard task-sequencing and
resource-requirements matrices which, if not in use already, can be
easily derived with the help of this text. Matrix-based techniques
are compared with Petri net and max-plus algebra ideas.
Virtual modeling of complex physical systems has brought a new
perspective to the investigation of phenomena in FMS. The software
discussed in this book(and downloadable from the authorsa (TM)
website at http: //flrcg.rasip.fer.hr/) supplies the reader with a
graphical user interface that can do many things to make the design
and control of FMS easier.
The examples presented herein tackle the real-world problems
faced by engineers trying to put into practice methods developed in
academia, bringing together catholic experience of sensors, control
systems, robotics, industrial automation, simulation, agile
assembly and supply chains. Common concerns confronted include:
a [ predictability: issues of control system modeling and
analysis are addressed;
a [ producibility: by looking at the design and synthesis of
cellular workcells;
a [ productivity: in terms of dynamic sensing and control.
Covering all the steps from identification of operations and
resources through modeling of the system and simulation of its
dynamics in a virtual environment to the transformation of those
models into real-worldalgorithms, this monograph is a sound
practical basis for the design of controllers for manufacturing
systems. It will interest both the academic and practising control
or manufacturing engineer wishing to enhance the control of
flexible systems and operations researchers looking at
manufacturing performance. The end-of-chapter exercises provided
and the easy-to-read introduction to the subject will also suit the
final-year undergraduate and the beginning graduate in these
disciplines.
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