Title :
A new approach to study selected functional properties of manufacturing systems based on the concept of orthogonal functional abstractions
Author :
Zurawski, Richard
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Robotics & Intelligent Syst., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
In this paper, we introduced a concept of orthogonal functional abstractions. The orthogonal functional abstractions represent selected external functional behaviour of Petri net models. By using orthogonal abstractions which represent one specific aspect of the external behaviour of Petri net models constituting a model of a system, the selected functionality of the whole system can be studied in separation from other functionalities. This allows one to study paths of flow of major resources in the system. In addition, the correctness of the interfaces between the constituent components of the system can be studied as well
Keywords :
Petri nets; flexible manufacturing systems; functional analysis; machining; production control; temporal logic; AGV; Petri net models; external functional behaviour; flexible manufacturing systems; functional properties; interface correctness; machining station; mathematical formalism; orthogonal functional abstractions; pallet load; production control; resource flow path; temporal logic; Australia; Construction industry; Flexible manufacturing systems; Intelligent manufacturing systems; Intelligent robots; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Manufacturing systems; Performance analysis; System analysis and design;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 1995. ETFA '95, Proceedings., 1995 INRIA/IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2535-4
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.1995.496716
