| Title | Syllabus | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Analysis and Control in Flexible Manufacturing Systems | Overview of basic elements and features of flexible manufacturing systems; classification of systems and configurations; nature of decision problems in design, operation and control of the systems; methods for parts selection, grouping of machines, allocation of tools; scope of application of group technology; objectives and approaches in dynamic loading problems; modelling and optimization in routing decisions; closed queuing networks and related models for performance analysis; Mean Value Analysis; models for design and operational control of AGV systems; sequencing activities of machine tending robots; coordination of simultaneous operations by multiple robots; elements of real time scheduling; deadlock problems, their detection and prevention; Petri Net models, their simulation and scope of application; approaches to simulation of FMS; concepts of hierarchical control and applications; parts launching, routing and sequencing decisions in flexible assembly systems. Case studies and applications from leading journals – such as In J. Prod. Res., Int. J. of FMS. etc. | Viswanadham N. and Narahari Y., Performance Modelling of Automated Manufacturing Systems, Prentice Hall India, 1994.
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