The paper presents a model of designing of the flexible manufacturing system (FMS) in one or multiple rows with genetic algorithms (GAs). First the reasons for studying the layout of devices in the FMS are discussed. After studying the properties of the FMS and perusing the methods of layout designing the genetic algorithms methods was selected as the most suitable method for designing the FMS....

This paper presents advantages of using virtual reality FMS models and corresponding dynamic simulators for design, analysis, dynamic simulation and visualization of complex flexible manufacturing systems. Developed software has been used for creating a virtual model of the laboratory FMS setup. It is shown how phenomena like operation conflicts and deadlocks can be observed and supervised remo...

The evaluation of flexible manufacturing system(FMS) is regarded as a multiple attribute group decisionmaking problem and has a critical impact on the improvement of manufacturing system competitiveness. Therefore, an effective group decision-making model using fuzzy-TOPSIS method is developed for the evaluation of alternative FMSs where the information available is subjective and imprecise. In...

we compare two approaches for a markovian model in flexible manufacturing systems (fmss) using monte carlo simulation. the model which is a development of fazlollahtabar and saidi-mehrabad (2013), considers two features of automated flexible manufacturing systems equipped with automated guided vehicle (agv) namely, the reliability of machines and the reliability of agvs in a multiple agv jobsho...

General preventive maintenance model for the components of a system, which improves the reliability to ‘as good as new,’ was used to optimize the maintenance cost. The cost function of a maintenance policy was minimized under given availability constraint. On the other hand, in order to ensure appropriate reliability and availability, the development of the optimal maintenanc...

Due to rapid globalization and faster growth of world market, there is always a need of modification in the present mode of manufacturing system; these modifications increase the viabilities of manufacturer to move ahead in competitive market. These changes also improve the manufacturer and consumer relation by meeting the latest demand of consumers. The concept of Agile Manufacturing system is...

Layout arrangement is important to achieve high productivity in flexible manufacturing system (FMS). This paper discusses the design of loop layout in FMS. The objective of the loop layout problem is the determination of the ordering of machines around a loop, to minimize the total number of loop traversals for a family of parts. This paper details the design, development and testing of particl...

Competitiveness and rapid expansion of flexible manufacturing system (FMS), as one of the industrial alternatives, has attracted the attention of many practitioners and academicians. Globalization has further encouraged FMS development into distributed, self-reliant units of production center. Flexible manufacturing system in distributed system (FMSDS) considers multi-factory environments, wher...

The objective of this study is to develop a neural network based decision support system for selection of appropriate dispatching rules for a real-time manufacturing system, in order to obtain the desired performance measures given by a user, at different scheduling periods. A simulation experiment is integrated with a neural network to obtain the multi-objective scheduler, where simulation is ...

The increased use of FMS to provide customers with diversified products efficiently has created a significant set of operational challenges for managers. This technology presents a number of decision problems to be solved by researchers and practitioners. There have been a number of attempts to solve design and operational problems in FMS. A special attention has been given to batch scheduling ...