DocumentCode :
2329884
Title :
Integrating AGV schedules in a scheduling system for a flexible manufacturing environment
Author :
Pu, Pearl ; Hughes, James
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
fYear :
1994
fDate :
8-13 May 1994
Firstpage :
3149
Abstract :
In a job shop where machining time takes a comparable amount as material transportation time, it is no longer realistic to ignore the scheduling of material transportation systems such as automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The authors´ algorithm discussed in this paper integrates AGV schedules into a heuristic-based scheduling algorithm to achieve the maximum amount of flexibility and optimization for a flexible manufacturing environment. Furthermore in order to allow their system to achieve different optimization goals such as shortest schedules or schedules that require the minimum computation time, the authors´ system architecture consists of individual modules of heuristics so that one or any combination of these modules can be used. The authors then discuss how they control the use of these heuristic modules to achieve the best results with some experimental data
Keywords :
automatic guided vehicles; computer aided production planning; flexible manufacturing systems; production control; AGV schedules; flexibility; flexible manufacturing environment; heuristic modules; heuristic-based scheduling algorithm; job shop; machining time; material transportation time; minimum computation time; optimization goals; scheduling system; shortest schedules; Belts; Computer architecture; Dynamic scheduling; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Processor scheduling; Scheduling algorithm; Throughput; Transportation; Vehicles;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1994. Proceedings., 1994 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5330-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1994.351086
Filename :
351086
Link To Document :
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