Design and evaluation methodology for computer-controlled manufacturing systems

A methodology is developed to determine cost"effective hierarchical computer control network designs for flexible manufacturing systems. By modeling the hierarchical control system (HCS) as a resource allocation problem, an optimal hardware configuration is identified using dynamic programing....

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Main Author: Scott, Harold A.
Other Authors: Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40374
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11292012-040317/