Title :
Part routing in flexible assembly systems
Author :
Agnetis, Alessandro ; Arbib, Claudio ; Lucertini, Mario ; Nicoló, Fernando
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Inf. & Sistemistica, Roma Univ., Italy
fDate :
12/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The problem of part routing and scheduling in flexible manufacturing systems is considered with the goal of increasing the throughput. The flexible system considered is strongly characterized by the inclusion of assembly among the manufacturing operations to be performed on a mix of part batches. In particular, the logic structure of some basic decision problems is indicated through a set of combinatorial models. Two basic assembly problems characterized by batches of large and small size, respectively, are analyzed
Keywords :
assembling; flexible manufacturing systems; production control; scheduling; FMS; combinatorial models; decision problems; flexible assembly systems; logic structure; part routing; scheduling; throughput increase, throughput maximisation; Assembly systems; Batch production systems; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Logic; Polynomials; Routing; Throughput; Topology; Transportation;
Journal_Title :
Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
