Title :
Approximating the performance of a station subject to changeover setups
Author :
Kan Wu ; Zhang Wu ; Ning Zhao ; Yijun Xu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of MAE, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Changeover setups are induced by switching manufacturing processes among products. They commonly exist in flexible manufacturing systems. Modeling their queue time impact correctly is of fundamental importance in evaluating the performance of production systems. In this paper, the mean queue time approximation models are proposed based on the properties of changeover setups. The models are validated by simulations and perform well in the examined cases.
Keywords :
approximation theory; flexible manufacturing systems; queueing theory; changeover setup; flexible manufacturing systems; manufacturing process; mean queue time approximation model; Approximation methods; Chemicals; Educational institutions; Manufacturing processes; Servers; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference (WSC), 2014 Winter
Conference_Location :
Savanah, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7484-9
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2014.7020083
