Title :
A real-time policy for performing setup changes in a manufacturing system
Author :
Connolly, S. ; Dallery, Y. ; Gershwin, S.B.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Manuf. & Productivity, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A method for scheduling setup changes in a simplified manufacturing system is proposed. A deterministic model is used to address the setup problem under transient conditions. A system with one machine processing two part types is considered. To construct a heuristic policy the authors make use of results on deterministic flexible systems, and consider the special case when the cost of positive surplus is infinite. The heuristic finds boundaries in the surplus space which indicate when to change setups. Examples confirm that the heuristic generates a setup policy which is consistent with anticipated optimal behavior
Keywords :
manufacturing processes; optimisation; production control; deterministic flexible systems; deterministic model; heuristic policy; machine processing; manufacturing system; production control; real-time policy; scheduling setup changes; transient conditions; Costs; Dynamic scheduling; Frequency; Job shop scheduling; Laboratories; Limit-cycles; Manufacturing systems; Production; Pulp manufacturing; Real time systems; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1992., Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0872-7
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1992.371622
