DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEMS FOR FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS - AN EXTENDED TIMED PETRI NET-BASED APPROACH

被引：25
作者：
RAJU, KR
CHETTY, OVK
机构：
[1] Manufacturing Engineering Section, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
来源：
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH | 1993年 / 31卷 / 05期
关键词：
Automated guided vehicle systems (AGVS) - Scheduling rules;
D O I：
10.1080/00207549308956776
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
The design and evaluation of automated guided vehicle systems (AGVSs) for flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) is complex because of the randomness and number of variables involved. A Petri net-based methodology is proposed in this paper for modelling and simulating AGVSs for FMSs. To this end, the capabilities of time Petri nets are expanded. The proposed methodology is elucidated with an example. Several design and operational and control issues, including the number of vehicles required, buffer sizes, siding sizes and vehicle dispatching, are addressed. The effect of machine and AGV scheduling rules on system performance is also investigated.
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页码：1069 / 1096
页数：28
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