A hybrid Petri nets model of networked manufacturing systems and its control system architecture

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-52

  Wang, Zheng ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b   Chan, Felix T S ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Control system analysis; Manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PETRI NETS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; TOPOLOGY;

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION PLAN; SUPPLY RELATIONS; SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 13844276561     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380510574077     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Aberdeen Group (2002), Microsoft.NET: A Foundation for Connected Business, An Executive White Paper, Aberdeen Group, Boston, MA, June.
2. Chan, F.T.S. and Zhang, J. (2001), "Modelling for agile manufacturing systems", International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 39 No. 11, pp. 2313-32.
3. David, R. and Alla, H. (2001), "On hybrid Petri nets", Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, Vol. 11, pp. 9-40.
4. Gershwin, S.B. (1994), Manufacturing System Engineering, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
5. Lefrançois, P., Cloutier, L. and Montreuil, B. (1996), "An agent-driven approach to design factory information systems", Computers in Industry, Vol. 32 No. 2, pp. 197-217.
6. Papaioannou, T. and Edwards, J. (1999), "Using mobile agents to improve the alignment between manufacturing and its IT support systems", Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 27 No. 1-2, pp. 45-57.
7. Pepyne, D.L. and Cassandras, C.G. (2000), "Optimal control of hybrid systems in manufacturing", Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 88 No. 7, pp. 1108-23.
8. Picco, G.P. (2001), "Mobile agents: an introduction", Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 65-74.
9. Puliafito, A. and Tomarchio, O. (2000), "Using mobile agents to implement flexible network management strategies", Computer Communications, Vol. 23 No. 8, pp. 708-19.
10. Raibulet, C. and Demartini, C. (2000), "Mobile agent technology for the management of distributed systems - a case study", Computer Networks, Vol. 34 No. 6, pp. 823-30.
11. Sikora, R. and Shaw, M.J. (1997), "Coordination mechanisms for multi-agent manufacturing system: applications to integrated manufacturing scheduling", IEEE Transaction on Engineering Management, Vol. 44 No. 2, pp. 175-87.
12. Tharumarajah, A., Wells, A.J. and Nemes, I. (1996), "Comparison of the bionic, fractal and holonic manufacturing system concepts", International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 217-26.
13. Tripathi, A.R., Ahmed, T. and Karnik, N.M. (2001), "Experiences and future challenges in mobile agent programming", Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 121-9.
14. Ueda, K. and Vaario, J. (1997), "The biological manufacturing system: adaptation to growing complexity and dynamics in manufacturing environment", The 29th CIRP International Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, Osaka, May, pp. 39-44.
15. Vlahavas, I. (2002), "MACLP: multi agent constraint logic programming", Information Sciences, Vol. 144 No. 1-4, pp. 12742.
16. Wernecke, H. (1993), The Fractal Company', Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
17. Yan, H.S., Wang, Z. and Jiao, X.C. (2003), "Modeling, scheduling and simulation of product development process by extended stochastic high-level evaluation Petri nets", Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 329-42.