Manufacturing and Automation Systems: Techniques and Technologies, Part 3 of 5

Content: 
Contributors to this Volume
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Contributors
Pages vii-viii

Preface
Pages ix-xiv

Techniques in Modeling and Control Policies for Production Networks
Pages 1-50
YANNIS A. PHILLIS, VASSILIS S. KOUIKOGLOU

Scheduling, Optimization and Control in Automated Systems
Pages 51-76
S. DAVID WU, RICHARD A. WYSK

Performability of Automated Manufacturing Systems
Pages 77-120
N. Viswanadham, Y. Narahari, R. Ram

Modeling, Control, and Performance Analysis of Automated Manufacturing Systems Using Petri Nets
Pages 121-172
FRANK DICESARE, ALAN A. DESROCHERS

Evalcon: A System for Evaluation of Concurrency in Engineering Design
Pages 173-219
ANDREW KUSIAK, EDWARD SZCZERBICKI

Concurrent Engineering: Design of Assemblies for Schedulability
Pages 221-240
ANDREW KUSIAK

Multi-Criteria Optimization and Dynamic Control Methods in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Pages 241-280
In-Kyu Ro, Joong-In Kim

Computer-Aided Manufacturing Systems Design: Framework and Tools
Pages 281-324
Bin Wu

Software Configuration Techniques in Operational Systems
Pages 325-356
M. Sloman, J. Kramer, J. Magee, P. Butryn

Software for Dynamic Tool Modeling in Manufacturing and Automation
Pages 357-382
LUIS C. CATTANI, PAUL J. EAGLE

Techniques for Optimal Operation Allocation Methods in Manufacturing Systems - a Review of Non-Probabilistic Approaches
Pages 383-398
J M WILSON

A Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Solving the Machine Allocation Problem
Pages 399-419
CHUNHUNG CHENG, ANDREW KUSIAK, WARREN J. BOE

Index
Pages 421-431