Composite Performance-Dependability Analysis of Cellular Manufacturing Systems

Viswanadham, N and Ram, R (1994) Composite Performance-Dependability Analysis of Cellular Manufacturing Systems. In: IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 10 (2). pp. 245-258.

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Abstract

This paper deals with the transient analysis of manufacturing systems in the presence of failures and repairs. The exact model is decomposed into: 1) a structure state process, modeling the failure and repair events which occur at a slower time scale; and 2) a performance model, modeling the part processing and material movement events occurring at a faster time scale. The solutions of these two models are combined to yield the mean and standard deviation of cumulative production over an interval. Such studies, called combined performance-dependability studies, are important in the manufacturing context. We define combined performance and dependability (performability) measures in the manufacturing context, and provide a mathematical formulation. Detailed performability studies are carried out for cellular manufacturing systems, in particular for a flexible manufacturing cell and a two-cell manufacturing system featuring blocking and prioritized, centralized repair. We also present several numerical examples.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Computer Science & Automation
Date Deposited:	25 Aug 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:27
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/6970

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