Title :
Global synchronous scheduling policies for flexible manufacturing systems
Author :
Burgess, Kevin ; Passino, Kevin M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we consider global approaches to scheduling flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) of the type considered by Perkins and Kumar (1989). We call the class of global scheduling policies that we consider global synchronous clearing (GSC) policies because they operate by synchronizing the flow of parts through sections (which we call paths) of the FMS. We provide sufficient conditions for the stability of two GSC policies, and we provide some guidelines for the choice of GSC policies vs. distributed policies
Keywords :
flexible manufacturing systems; production control; stability; stability criteria; FMS; GSC policies; flexible manufacturing systems; global synchronous clearing policies; global synchronous scheduling policies; parts flow synchronization; Batteries; Delay effects; Feedback; Flexible manufacturing systems; Guidelines; Job shop scheduling; Production; Regulators; Stability analysis; Stability criteria;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1995., Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2685-7
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1995.478824
