• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.14 no.24
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• pp.53-69
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• 1991

This paper is concerned with software developments for scheduling and sequencing of FMS. The scheduling algorithms are developed for 3 types of FMS:single machine type FMS, flowshop type FMS. assembly line type FMS. For the single machine type FMS. full enumeration algorithm is used. For the flowshop type FMS heuristic algorithms are developed. For the assembly type FMS the exsisting PERT/CPM algorithm is applied. Numerical examples are presented for illustration of each algorithm. Each soft ware program list are attached as appendices.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.174-179
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• 2000

Proposed in the paper is a V-FMS (Virtual Flexible Manufacturing System) model to be used as a prototyping tool for FMS design. The proposed V-FMS framework follows an object-oriented modeling (OOM) paradigm and is based on a set of user requirements for FMS prototyping. The V-FMS model consists of four types of object: virtual device, transfer handler, state manager and flow controller. A virtual device model, which corresponds to a static model in OOM, consists of two parts, shell and core, for reusability. A transfer handler corresponds to a functional model of OOM and it stores low level device commands required to perform job flow operations between giving and taking devices. The state manager and the flow controller constitute a dynamic model of OOM. The proposed V-FMS model has been implemented for a couple of linear type FMS-lines

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.53-58
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• 2021

In this paper, an alternative finite memory structure(FMS) smoothing filter is developed for discrete-time state-space model with a control input. To obtain the FMS smoothing filter, unbiasedness will be required beforehand in addition to a performance criteria of minimum variance. The FMS smoothing filter is obtained by directly solving an optimization problem with the unbiasedness constraint using only finite measurements and inputs on the most recent window. The proposed FMS smoothing filter is shown to have intrinsic good properties such as deadbeat and time-invariance. In addition, the proposed FMS smoothing filter is shown to be equivalent to existing FMS filters according to the delay length between the measurement and the availability of its estimate. Finally, to verify intrinsic robustness of the proposed FMS smoothing filter, computer simulations are performed for a temporary model uncertainty. Simulation results show that the proposed FMS smoothing filter can be better than the standard FMS filter and Kalman filter.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1990.04a
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• pp.1-10
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• 1990

FMS is the system which improves the productivity by making production lines flexible. FMS is composed of manufacturing system, material handling system, and software to control them. FMS is a complicate system; therefore, computer is required to control FMS efficiently. In this paper the concepts of FMS are shortly reviewed and the computer software and programming strategy to control FMS are presented.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.19-28
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• 1993

A completely separated functional FMS (Flexible Manufacturing Systems), or a partly separated functional FMS, should be constructed because a fully functional FMS, where each machine has all of the tools required for procesing various kinds of jobs, is superflous and wasteful in meeting the multiform and changeable demands of comsumers in a flexible manner. The effective methods are presented in this study for allocating the tools to each machine in a two-machine flow shop type FMS to meet the above demands and to maximize the utilization of the FMS. The methods for a completely separated functional FMS having no duplicated tools and a partly separated functional FMS having some duplicated tools are proposed in this paper. Some simulation results clarify that utilization of the FMS by this methods is as high as the fully functional FMS when the number of jobs is large.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.31-42
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• 1992

This paper introduces a distuibuted simulation scheme that is useful in the top-down FMS building approach. In the scheme, we first introduce "FMS Shell" that contains basic functions and structure of FMS's. To test a proposed FMS, appropriate features of the proposed FMS are added to the shell, then distributed simulation is performed with the resulting software. This runs like a real system only without hardware devices. An real application case is stated at later part of this paper.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.4
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• pp.12-41
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• 1987

FMS has received a great deal of attention in the past two decades as a possible breakthrough for the new technologies in manufacturing. Some people say that the era of FMS has just begun. We have seen the potential benefits of FMS to the manufacturing industries. But it seems that FMS has generated a large number of problems to solve. The objective of this paper is to provide a groundwork for researches in the area of FMS by discussing the current status and prospect. The current status of installations and operations of FMS worldwide is reviewed. U.S.A., Japan, Western Europe, U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, and domestic status are discussed briefly. The current status of researches that are related to the FMS is also reviewed. Lastly, the prospect of hardware and software is discussed.

• IE interfaces
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.53-74
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• 1992

In order to design an FMS(Flexible Manufacturing System), an effective design tool is necessary for selecting and anlayzing the complex interacting factors of a manufacturing system. Considering most of the previous researches have been focused on evaluating the designed FMS, development of an integrated FMS designing system is needed for performing the design task such as machine selection and layout determination as well as the evaluation task of the designed FMS. In this paper, we developed a prototype of such a system called the intelligent FMS designer based on the techniques of Expert System and Simulation. By using this designing system, possible design alternatives can be analyzed and appropriate manufacturing capacity can be estimated at the designing stage. Various operating characteristics of the designed FMS can be also predicted before it is implemented. Eventually a suitable design alternative can be provided with cost details within relatively short time period. To demonstrate the performance and effectiveness of the designer, a simple example is tested. The results show a great potential for automating design processes of an FMS.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.786-789
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• 2000

제품의 설계, 생산, 운영/제어과정에서의 신속화, 고효율화, 저비용 등을 실현하기 위한 방법으로서 가상생산이 일반화되고 있다. 즉, 생산활동의 전 분야에 걸쳐서 인간의 의사결정을 신속하고 정확하게 할 수 있도록 지원하는 환경인 것이다. FMS 분야에서도 FMS 설계, 제어 및 운영단계에서 이와 같은 가상생산 개념이 적용될 수 있다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 이용한 FMS 설계분석은 이러한 대표적인 예이다. 본 연구에서는 FMS 운영단계에서 FMS 운영자에 의하여 사용되는 FMS 시스템 컨트롤러에 대하여 가상생산 개념을 적용하여 실제의 FMS 없이 FMS 운전과 스케줄링을 모의로 실행할 수 있는 FMS 가상 시스템 컨트롤러를 개발한 내용과 이의 활용에 대하여 간략하게 소개하고자 한다.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.17 no.5 s.54
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• pp.82-87
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• 2003

A practical method to investigate the sharing architecture of FMS, for small and medium enterprises, on distributed heterogeneous environmental conditions is investigated. Because the industrial FMS model requires a reasonable size for actual work-site flexible operation, the initial facility expense is very heavy. The support for flexible cooperation of FMS, with some external different FMS, can reduce expenditures and provide greater functionality. While most FMS provide their operation process using an adequate mechanism, when used in isolation, such as island of automation, there is increasing demand for FMS that can cooperate. By exchanging intermediate products and information with other external FMS, products can be produced that cannot be produced alone, such as those that require various processes. This study first considers the sharing architecture of FMS for small and medium enterprises, and investigates the effects of the general sharing architecture of FMS on distributed heterogeneous environments, by using transducer approach to agentification. In this study, set-up station or in-out station takes charge of the gateway of intermediate products, and routes them among distributed heterogeneous FMS plants. The transducer approach is applied to web agent and set-up agent established interfaces, with system controller and setup controller. In this study, the FMS-established sharing architecture is able to obtain not only the internal flexibility, but also the external flexibility.