Title :
Manufacturing algebra: review and advancements
Author :
Canuto, Enrico ; Tonani, Sergio ; Albrecht, Roland
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
A formal approach to model complex manufacturing processes, called the manufacturing algebra, has been suggested by E. Canuto et al. (1997). The approach is based on the key concepts of object types, locations and manufacturing operations, enriched with an algebra for building complex operations as algebraic series-parallel compositions. In this paper, a review of the manufacturing algebra is given and some new advancements are provided.
Keywords :
manufacturing processes; modelling; process algebra; reviews; algebraic series-parallel compositions; complex manufacturing process modelling; complex operations; formal approach; manufacturing algebra; manufacturing operations; object locations; object types; review; Algebra; Assembly; Automata; Manufacturing processes; Manufacturing systems; Petri nets; Physics; Production facilities; Pulp manufacturing; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Antibes-Juan les Pins, France
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7241-7
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2001.996408
