Real-time control and scheduling of flexible manufacturing systems: An ordinal optimisation based approach

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 775-786

  Peng, Chong ^a   Chen, F Frank ^b  

^a CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

Coloured Petri net; Flexible manufacturing system; Ordinal optimisation; Scheduling and control; Standard clock

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COLORED PETRI NETS; STANDARD CLOCK SIMULATIONS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032311540     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01438229     Document Type: Article

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