Title :
Improving performance of a flexible manufacturing system by Petri net based modelling and simulation
Author :
Cavalieri, Salvatore
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Telecommun. Eng., Catania Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The main goal of the paper is to propose a methodology to improve the performance of a flexible manufacturing system (FMS), based on the use of Petri nets. The modelling is performed with the aim to represent the general behaviour of the FMS, avoiding a detailed description of the operations it involves. The model of the FMS is then used to evaluate its performance through simulation. The methodology proposed in the paper allows tuning suitable parameters of the FMS in order to improve its performance. The paper refers to a case study concerning the ST Microelectronics plant in Catania (Italy) for the production of semiconductor devices
Keywords :
Petri nets; flexible manufacturing systems; integrated circuit manufacture; probability; Petri net based modelling; Petri net based simulation; ST Microelectronics; flexible manufacturing system; performance improvement; semiconductor devices; Computational modeling; Computer science; Cost function; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing systems; Performance analysis; Petri nets; Production systems; Semiconductor devices;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 2000. IECON 2000. 26th Annual Confjerence of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6456-2
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.2000.972309
