An extended cellular automaton model for flexible manufacturing systems

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 258-266

  Shen, H C ^a,b   Chau, H L ^a   Wong, K K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Flexible manufacturing systems; Modelling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; SPECIFICATIONS;

CONCURRENCY; EXTENDED CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODEL; GRAMMAR RULES; GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS; HIGH LEVEL STATE BASED DEPENDENCY DESCRIPTION; LARGE COMPLEX CONCURRENT SYSTEM; STRUCTURING FORMALISM; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; MODELING; PROTOTYPE;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029659064     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01351283     Document Type: Article

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