Featuring contributions from major technology vendors, industry consortia, and government
and private research establishments, the Industrial Communication Technology Handbook …

The ability of production companies to rapidly develop and deploy effective and efficient
control systems is critical for success in the consumer-driven environment of contemporary …

Modern production facilities (ie flexible manufacturing systems) exhibit a high degree of
resource sharing, a situation in which deadlocks (circular waits) can arise. Using digraph …

New revolutionary manufacturing paradigms, which take advantage of the newest emerging
mechatronics, information, and communication technologies, and integrate them in a highly …

Previous work in manufacturing has identified complexity as a relevant topic in this field.
However, there is a high diversity of opinions on what complexity is, why it should be …

An automated manufacturing system (AMS) contains a number of versatile machines (or
workstations), buffers, an automated material handling system (MHS), and is computer …

Automated Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVSs) are the most flexible means to transport pieces
among workstations of an Automated Manufacturing System (AMS). The traffic control of …

As application of cluster tools is being extended to more wafer fabrication processes
including chemical vapor deposition processes as well as etching processes, cluster tool …

Flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) are modern production facilities with easy
adaptability to variable production plans and goals. These systems may exhibit deadlock …

This paper presents the results of a simulation study of a typical flexible manufacturing
system (FMS) that has routeing flexibility. The objective is this study is to test the …