Abstract
This paper deals with the function modules demanded for production control in a distributed cellular manufacturing system. Cells are the distributed components of any manufacturing system. A proposed multipassing distributed simulating scheduling system (MPDSSS) deals with the production control functions regarding process planning (working-cell selection), scheduling, rescheduling, and real-time dispatching. The process planning function aims at selecting a good route for each job. The multipassing scheduling aims at providing a scheduling bidding strategy in a distributed fashion. The rescheduling aims at dealing with the large-effort change of the system with updating the precedence schedule to run in a new manufacturing period. The real-time scheduling deals with the small-effort change of the system with a real-time dispatching rule. All the production controlling functions have been implemented in distributed fashions. A simulation experiment demonstrates that the proposed MPDSSS leads to good results in the following criteria: minimum mean flow time, minimum waiting time, maximum machine utilisation, and minimum imbalance of cell utilisation.
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Abbreviations
- {A}:
-
grouping set ofA i
- A i :
-
function-identical set of celli
- BC i :
-
the weighted bidding cost for the operation in celli
- {C}:
-
performance criteria set
- C i :
-
ith element of {C}
- CU f avg :
-
average cell utilisation inA f
- CU f max :
-
maximum cell utilisation inA f
- CU i :
-
average cell utilisation of celli
- CUmax :
-
maximum CU i
- CUmin :
-
minimum CU i
- {D}:
-
dispatching rule base
- D i :
-
ith rule in {D}
- EFT:
-
earliest finishing time
- EFTmax :
-
maximum EFT
- ICU f :
-
the imbalance of cell utilisation inA f
- P m :
-
previously actual system performance for criterionC m
- RC i :
-
rescheduling cost when using ruleD i
- SC i :
-
improvement rate for system cost using ruleD i
- SP a :
-
actual system performance
- SP m :
-
preceding simulation performance of theC m with ruleD i
- SP p :
-
ideally predictable system performance
- SPD a :
-
actual system performance deviation
- TICU i :
-
total imbalance of cell utilisation using ruleD i
- W :
-
weighting factor
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Chang, JW., Chiou, SS. & Luh, YP. Function modules demanded for production control in distributed manufacturing system. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 13, 434–442 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01179039
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