Title :
Software design of distributed manufacturing control systems
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol & Eng., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
Abstract :
How a software design method for distributed real-time applications can be used to design distributed manufacturing control systems which consist of several concurrent tasks executing on multiple modes supported by a local area network is described. The application is a manufacturing control system which controls part manufacturing in a high-volume, low-flexibility assembly plant. The method addresses the needs of distributed real-time manufacturing applications by providing criteria for structuring subsystems into concurrent tasks. The method leads to a design which is primarily message based
Keywords :
assembling; distributed control; manufacturing computer control; real-time systems; assembly; concurrent tasks; distributed manufacturing control systems; local area network; message based method; multiple modes; real-time; software design; Application software; Control systems; Data analysis; Design methodology; Distributed control; Independent component analysis; Performance analysis; Pulp manufacturing; Real time systems; Software design;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control, 1988. Proceedings., IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2012-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISIC.1988.65506
