Integrated analytical models for flexible manufacturing systems

Narahari, Y and Viswanadham, N and Meenakshisundaram, CR and Rao, Hanumantha P (1990) Integrated analytical models for flexible manufacturing systems. In: Sadhana, 15 (4-5). pp. 331-342.

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Abstract

Product form queueing networks (PFQN) and generalized stochastic Petri nets (GSPN) have emerged as the principal performance modelling tools for flexible manufacturing systems (FMS). In this paper, we present integrated PFQN-GSPN models, which combine the computational efficiency of PFQN and representational power of GSPN by employing the principle of flow-equivalence. We show that FMS that include nonproduct form characteristics such as dynamic routing and synchronization can be evaluated efficiently and accurately using the integrated models.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Sadhana
Publisher:	Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Indian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords:	Integrated analytical models; flexible manufacturing systems; product form queueing networks; generalised stochastic Petri nets.
Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Computer Science & Automation
Date Deposited:	07 Mar 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:43
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/13310

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