Intelligent scheduling of robotic flexible assembly cells. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Khalid Karam Abd.
• Authors: Abd, Khalid Karam
• Contents: Parts of this thesis have been published in the following documents:; Journals; International Conferences; Book Chapters; Supervisor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Background and Research Scope; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Flexible Assembly Systems; 1.2.1 Robots; 1.2.2 Peripheral Equipment; 1.3 Classification of Flexible Assembly Systems; 1.3.1 Robotic Assembly Line; 1.3.2 Robotic Assembly Cell; 1.3.3 Simple Comparison Between RAL and RAC; 1.4 Scheduling of Robotic Flexible Assembly Cell; 1.5 Motivation for Research in Scheduling of RFAC. 1.6 Research Gap and Scope1.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 2 Literature Review and Research Objectives; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Scheduling Problems in Manufacturing Systems; 2.2.1 Types of Scheduling Problems; 2.2.2 Characteristics of Scheduling Problems; 2.2.3 Solution Approaches; 2.3 Review of Literature on Advanced Scheduling Approaches; 2.3.1 Simulation Approaches; 2.3.2 Artificial Intelligence Approaches; 2.3.3 Observations from the Literature Review; 2.4 Scheduling of RFAC: A Literature Review; 2.4.1 Traditional Approaches; 2.4.2 Simulation Approaches; 2.4.3 Expert System Approaches. 2.5 Research Limitations2.6 Research Objectives and Thesis Plan; 2.6.1 Research Objectives; 2.6.2 Research Plan and Thesis Structure; 2.7 Concluding Remarks; References; 3 Development of an Intelligent Methodology for Scheduling RFAC; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Application of Fuzzy Logic to Scheduling Problems; 3.3 Proposed Methodology for Scheduling of RFAC; 3.3.1 Pre-processing Module; 3.3.2 Scheduling Module; 3.3.3 Linguistic Variables; 3.3.4 Membership Functions; 3.3.5 Fuzzy Rules; 3.3.5.1 Simulation Module; 3.4 Concluding Remarks; References. 4 Case Study 1: Application of the Developed Methodology Using Fuzzy Logic and Simulation4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A Fuzzy Logic Model for Scheduling RFAC; 4.2.1 Defining the Linguistic Variables; 4.2.2 Constructing Membership Functions; 4.2.3 Constructing Fuzzy Rules; 4.3 Implementation of Fuzzy Approach for Scheduling of RFAC; 4.4 Example Application of Scheduling RFAC; 4.4.1 RFAC Description; 4.4.2 Simulation of Experimental Design; 4.5 Simulation Results and Discussion; 4.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 5 Simulation Modelling and Analysis of Dynamic Scheduling in RFAC; 5.1 Introduction. 5.2 Review of Literature on Dynamic Events5.3 A Framework for Developing an Intelligent Approach to Dynamic Scheduling Problems; 5.3.1 Preparation; 5.3.2 Application of Taguchi Method; 5.3.3 Simulation Modelling; 5.3.4 Statistical Analysis; 5.4 The Simulation Model; 5.5 Experimental Design and Results; 5.5.1 Experimental Setup; 5.5.2 Taguchi's Orthogonal Array Selection; 5.5.3 Calculation of the Signal-to-Noise (S/N) Ratio; 5.6 Analysis of Results and Discussion; 5.6.1 Analysis of Mean (ANOM); 5.6.2 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); 5.7 Concluding Remarks; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 670.42/7; Engineering; Flexible manufacturing systems; Robots -- Motion; Conscious automata; Robotics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Technology; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Manufacturing; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades; Conscious automata; Flexible manufacturing systems; Robotics; Robots -- Motion; Technology & Engineering -- Robotics; Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Production engineering; Robotics; Artificial intelligence; Manufactures; Artificial intelligence; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319262963; 3319262963
• Related ISBNs: 9783319262956; 3319262955; 9783319262956
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 18, 2015).
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