EFFICIENT MODELS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION NETWORKS

Abstract

A PRODUCTION SYSTEM CONSISTS OF MACHINES AND BUFFERS, AND CONVERTS RAW PARTS INTO FINAL PRODUCTS. SUCH SYSTEMS ARE USUALLY DESCRIBED BY SIMULATION MODELS. YET, THE EXISTING SIMULATORS ARE QUITE SLOW BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED ON OBSERVING EVERY ARRIVAL OR DEPARTURE OF ALL PARTS FROM THE MACHINES OF THE SYSTEM. IN THIS WORK A NEW DISCRETE EVENT LOGIC IS PROPOSED, WHICH COMBINES ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION. THE MODEL IS BASED ON OBSERVING ONLY MAJOR EVENTS (MACHINE FAILURE, REPAIR, AND BUFFER EMPTYING OR FILLING), WHICH FORCE THE ADJACENT MACHINES CHANGE THEIR RATES. AS A RESULT THEIR TOTAL PRODUCTION IS COMPUTED BY MULTIPLYING THEIR RATES WITH TIME. THE RESULTING ALGORITHMS ARE QUITE ACCURATE AND, THOUGH NONTRIVIAL AND MORE COMPLEX, UP TO 20 TIMES FASTER THAN CONVENTIONAL SIMULATORS.

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DOI
10.12681/eadd/2013
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/2013
ND
2013
Alternative title
ΑΠΟΤΕΛΕΣΜΑΤΙΚΑ ΜΟΝΤΕΛΑ ΑΝΑΛΥΣΗΣ ΔΙΚΤΥΩΝ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΗΣ
Author
Kouikoglou, Vassilis (Father's name: S.)
Date
1989
Degree Grantor
Technical University of Crete (TUC)
Committee members
ΦΙΛΗΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ
ΣΙΣΚΟΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ
ΚΟΝΤΑΞΗΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ
ΜΑΡΑΤΟΣ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ
ΣΤΑΥΡΑΚΑΚΗΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ
Discipline
Engineering and TechnologyElectrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
Keywords
Discrete event systems; PRODUCTION LINES; PRODUCTION NETWORKS; Simulations; ΜANUFACTURING SYSTEMS
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
130 σ.
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