Design and conceptual development of shop-floor controllers through the manipulation of process plans

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-376

  Cho, H ^a   Son, Y J ^b   Jones, A ^c  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell control; Decision making; Process plan; Shop floor control; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PROCESS CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CELL CONTROL; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PROCESS PLAN; SHOP-FLOOR CONTROL;

CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 33646930986     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920500312238     Document Type: Article

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