• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.561-563
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• 1997

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.1111-1116
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• 1993

In this study, we discuss the design of the expert system for the scheduling of the FMC(Flexible Manufacturing Cell) consisting of the several versatile machines. Due to the NP property, the scheduling problem of several machine FMC is very complex task. Thus we proposed the two heuritstic shceduling algorithms for solving the problem and constituted the algorithm based of solving the problem and constituted the algorithm base of ISS(Intelligent Scheduling System) using them. By the rules in the rule base, the best alternative among various algorithms in algorithm base is selected and applied in controlling the FMC. To show the efficiency of ISS, the scheduling output of ISS and the existent dynamic dispatching rule were tested and compared. The results indicate that the ISS is superior to the existent dynamic dispatching rules in various performance indexes.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.249-257
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• 2008

This paper shows the Applied Q-learning Algorithm which supports selecting the waiting position of a robot and the part serviced next in the Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC) that consists of one robot and various types of facilities. To verify the performance of the suggested algorithm, we design the general FMC made up of single transfer robot and multiple machines with a simulation method, and then compare the output with other control methods. As a result of the analysis, the algorithm we use improve the average processing time and total throughputs as well by increasing robot utilization, reversely, by decreasing robot waiting time. Furthermore, because of ease of use compared with other complex ways and its adoptability to real world, we expect that this method contribute to advance total FMC efficiency as well.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.492-503
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• 1994

In this study, the control and scheduling of the flexible manufacturing cell (FMC) is discussed, which can perform the mixed production and relieve the effect of machine failure. The control of the FMC isvery complex task due to the property of multiple jobs and the dynamically changing states. For effective control of proposed FMC, the hierarchical scheme is introduced and the functions of each levels are defined. Especially for the control functions of shop floor level and cell level, the intelligent scheduler is implemented. To show the efficiency of the intelligent scheduler, the production method fo the existing assembly lines was evaluated and compared with the proposed intelligent FMC method. The results from the production performance show that the proposed method is superior to the existing method in various performance indices.