Title :
Transfer line design with uncertain machine performance information
Author :
Feit, Eleanor McDonnell ; Wu, S. David
Author_Institution :
Res. & Dev. Center, Gen. Motors Corp., Warren, MI, USA
fDate :
10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We consider production line design where the information available for equipment under consideration is unreliable, incomplete, or erroneous. We develop an analytic procedure for information gathering, which reduces uncertainty by systematically improving the information critical for overall design performance. We report test results using real design cases from General Motors
Keywords :
General Motors; computability; digital simulation; minimisation; nonlinear programming; production; tree searching; General Motors; analytic procedure; production line design; transfer line design; uncertain machine performance information; Costs; Design engineering; Information analysis; Investments; Manufacturing; Performance analysis; Production; Testing; Uncertainty; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
