Presidential Young Investigator Award: Models and Methodology for Design and Development of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Control Software

这项研究的重点是减少时间和成本， 将柔性制造系统（FMS）设计转换为 操作系统 FMS控制软件通常 被认为是缺乏灵活性的主要因素， 和高的实施成本。 将处理的具体专题 在第一年包括;理解的影响， 关于控制要素的控制体系结构（规划， 调度和控制），系统理论模型的发展 的FMS控制，并确定通用和特定的元素， 系统模型。 研究的目标是开发一种通用的， 独立于产品的设计方法和工具， FMS控制软件的开发。 该方法应 提供快速原型制作、评估和后续 在计算机集成制造系统中实现。

This research focuses on reducing time and cost taken to convert a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) design into an operational system. Software for FMS control has been often identified as the main contributing factor to lack of flexibility, and high cost of implementation. Specific topics to be addressed during the first year include; understanding the implications of the control architecture on the elements of control (planning, scheduling and control), development of a systems theoretic model of FMS control, and identifying generic and specific elements in the system models. The objectives of the research are to develop a generic, product independent methodology and tools for the design and development of FMS control software. The methodology should provide for the rapid prototyping, evaluation, and subsequent implementation in a computer-integrated manufacturing system.