Step-by-step cyclic processes scheduling

Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) fleet scheduling is one of the big problems in Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) control. The problem is more complicated when concurrent multi-product manufacturing and resource deadlock avoidance policies are considered. The objective of the research is to provid...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inIFAC Proceedings Volumes Vol. 46; no. 7; pp. 300 - 305
Main Authors Bocewicz, G., Nielsen, I., Banaszak, Z.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.05.2013
Subjects
AGVs fleet scheduling
cyclic scheduling
Cyclic/multimodal process
declarative modeling
cyclic scheduling
Cyclic/multimodal process
AGVs fleet scheduling
declarative modeling
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) fleet scheduling is one of the big problems in Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) control. The problem is more complicated when concurrent multi-product manufacturing and resource deadlock avoidance policies are considered. The objective of the research is to provide a declarative model enabling to state a constraint satisfaction problem aimed at AGVs fleet scheduling subject to assumed itineraries of concurrently manufactured product types. In other words, assuming a given layout of FMS's material handling and production routes of simultaneously manufactured orders, the main objective is to provide the declarative framework aimed at conditions allowing one to calculate the AGVs fleet schedule in online mode. An illustrative example of the relevant algebra-like driven step-by-stem cyclic scheduling is provided.
ISSN:1474-6670
DOI:10.3182/20130522-3-BR-4036.00096