Scheduling and control of flexible manufacturing systems

The scheduling and control problems of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) are very important considerations if one is to improve the performance of the system with a given system design. FMS scheduling is known to be a complex problem because of the flexibility and automation of the production en...

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Main Author: Meng, Jin Yan
Other Authors: Soh, Yeng Chai
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/19673
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The scheduling and control problems of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) are very important considerations if one is to improve the performance of the system with a given system design. FMS scheduling is known to be a complex problem because of the flexibility and automation of the production environment, dynamic changes of systems and orders, and dynamic decision requirements. It is a challenging task to obtain a good feasible solution to an FMS scheduling problem.