DETERMINATION OF THE VOLUMES OF INTEROPERATIVE STORES OF FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS WITH A NON-SYNCHRONOUS FLOW

Author(s):  
Artem Aleksandrovich Kovalev ◽  
Yaroslav Olegovich Shaposhnikov
2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Gehlhoff ◽  
Alexander Fay

AbstractSmall-scale manufacturing often relies on flexible production systems that can cope with frequent changes of products and equipment. Transports are a significant part of the production flow, especially in the domain of large and heavy workpieces that requires explicit planning to avoid unnecessary delays. This contribution takes a detailed look at how to create feasible integrated schedules within a decentralised or even heterarchical architecture and which information the agents have to exchange. These schedules incorporate constraints such as the blocking-constraint. They also consider dynamic setup and operation durations while finding a good-enough solution. The proposed agent-based solution applies to a wide variety of scheduling problems and reveals positive properties in terms of scalability and reconfigurability.


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