Thursday Afternoon, October 26
MS49
Stochastic Manufacturing Systems: Modeling, Control, Optimization,
and Computational Methods
Contemporary manufacturing is undergoing a rapid evolution.
Modeling reduces practical manufacturing problems to those that can
be analyzed quantitatively and numerically. Designing flexible
controllers and optimal scheduling are also critical for the
success of the enterprise. In the process of obtaining optimal
design, optimization methods are of crucial importance. Owing to
the sweeping changes in science and technology, research in
mathematical and computational sciences plays an important role in
creating and improving technologies and management practices of the
manufacturing systems.
In this minisymposium, the speakers will address several
current research topics. They will discuss: optimal production and
maintenance control of flexible manufacturing systems, hierarchical
control approach of these systems, and computational methods.
Organizers: Qing Zhang, University of Georgia and George Yin, Wayne State University
- 12:30 Optimal Production Flow Control
for a Flexible Manufacturing System with Dynamic Routing
- Hui Yun and Sherman Bai,
University of Florida
- 1:00 Hierarchical Control of Production and Maintenance Rates in Manufacturing Systems
- El-Kebir Boukas and J.P. Keene, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada, and A. Gharbi, Ecole de Technologic Superieure, Canada
- 1:30 Optimal Flow Control in Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems
- Jian-Qiang Hu, Boston University
- 2:00 Optimal Production Planning
in a Stochastic Manufacturing Systems with Long-Run Average Cost
- Qing Zhang, Organizer; S.P. Sethi and W. Suo, University of Toronto, Canada; and M.I. Taksar, SUNY, Stony Brook
7/28/95