• Korea Information Processing Society Review
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.8-19
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• 2004

Many Researchers and practitioners have expressed the view that artificial intelligence(AI) may have significant application to solution of manufacturing problems. Expert systems have been developed for solving problem areas.(omitted)

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.18 no.35
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• pp.157-164
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• 1995

FMS(Flexible Manufacturing System) is an automatic manufacturing system coincided with pursue of flexibility, productivity, and reliability. It is effective means to prove tje needs of market changes in view of production, This study is carried out to provide a economical evaluation methods of introduction for FMS in domestic corporations using PB, ARR, NPV and IRR.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.23 no.58
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• pp.49-58
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• 2000

In order to resolve a deadlock problem in manufacturing systems, three main methods have been proposed-prevention, avoidance, and recovery. The prevention and avoidance methods require predicting deadlocks in advance in order to prohibit them. In contrast, the recovery method allows a system to enter a deadlock state, then resolves it usually using a common buffer. In this paper, a deadlock recovery method considering the impact of flexible job routings is proposed. This method is based on capacity-designated directed graph (CDG) model representing current requesting and occupying relations between Jobs and resources in order to detect a deadlock and then recovers it.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.175-190
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• 2010

One of the intractable problems in multiresolution structural analysis is the decoupling computation between scales, which can be realized by the operator-orthogonal wavelets based on the lifting scheme. The multiresolution finite element space is described and the formulation of multiresolution finite element models for structural problems is discussed. Various operator-orthogonal wavelets are constructed by the lifting scheme according to the operators of multiresolution finite element models. A dynamic multiresolution algorithm using operator-orthogonal wavelets is proposed to solve structural problems. Numerical examples demonstrate that the lifting scheme is a flexible and efficient tool to construct operator-orthogonal wavelets for multiresolution structural analysis with high convergence rate.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.80-86
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• 2002

Previous method of computer simulation to predict the dynamic response of a vehicle has been based on the assumption that vehicle structure is rigid. If the flexibility of the vehicle structure becomes too large to ignore, rigid body assumption will no longer give good estimation of the dynamic characteristics. Therefore, in order to predict more precise vehicle dynamic characteristics, flexible multi-body dynamic analysis of a vehicle is necessary. This paper investigates dynamic characteristics of vehicle systems with flexible frames numerically. Joint reaction forces, vertical accelerations, pitch accelerations are analyzed for the vehicle systems with various flexible frames using multi-body dynamic analysis code and finite element analysis code.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.803-816
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• 1997

In this paper we propose a new approach far part families considering multiple attributes of parts in the design and operating stage of flexible manufacturing systems. We first represent the relationship of parts and the relative attributes using fuzzy membership function, AHP method and normalization. As a result, more realistic nonbinary data of the relationship is obtained. Then we group parts into part families based on the nonbinary data using fuzzy $\alpha$-cut and new similarity coefficient method. The performance of our method is compared numerically with others.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.75-82
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• 1991

This research is concerned with Machine-Part Group Formation(MPGF) methodology for Flexible Manufacturing Systems(FMS). The purpose of the research is to develop a new heuristic algorithm for effectively solving MPGF problem. The new algorithm is proposed and evaluated by 100 machine-part incidence matrices generated. The performance measures are (1) grouping ability of mutually exclusive block-diagonal form. (2) number of unit group and exceptional elements, and (3) grouping time. The new heuristic algorithm has the following characteristics to effectively conduct MPGF : (a) The mathematical model is presented for rapid forming the proper number of unit groups and grouping mutually exclusive block-diagonal form, (b) The simple and effective mathematical analysis method of Rank Order Clustering(ROC) algorithm is applied to minimize intra-group journeys in each group and exceptional elements in the whole group. The results are compared with those from Expert System(ES) algorithm and ROC algorithm. The results show that the new algorithm always gives the group of mutually exclusive block-diagonal form and better results(85%) than ES algorithm and ROC algorithm.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.57-65
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• 1986

In the design and operation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMSs), it is useful to have a tool with which one can evaluate system's performances under various conditions. As one of such tools, this study chooses the Linearizer algorithm which uses mean value analysis (MVA). Linearizer algorithm is known to be the most accurate one among the MVA based heuristic algorithms yet developed. Though, up until now, the method is solely used to evaluate computer system's performances, this study shows that the Linearizer algorithm can be adapted for FMSs and still produces accurate solutions. Numerical examples for various classes of FMSs are presented and compared with the results from other methods and simulations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.776-782
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• 1995

This paper presents a methodology for development of a heterarchical control system in Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) environment. A Petri net based model is applied for development of control software. A real-time scheduling methodology for the heterarchical system is also developed and it is used as a software entity in the overall architecture. The partition of generic and specific modules in control software development is emphasized. The control system performs its control tasks in two stages: (1) generation of generic control code and distribution of them to each controller entity prior to system execution; (2) generation of specific control code according to job arrival and its process plan. The control software and the scheduling algorithm are evaluated by a simulation program.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1996.10b
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• pp.1245-1248
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• 1996

This paper describes a cell programming environment that deals with problems associated with programming Flexible Manufacturing Cells(FMCs). The environment consists of the cell programming editor and the automatic generation module. In the cell programming editor, cell programmers can develop cell programs using task level description set which supports task-oriented specifications for manipulation cell activities. This approach to cell programming reduces the amount of details that cell programmers need to consider and allows them to concentrate on the most important aspects of the task at hand. The automatic generation module is used to transform task specifications into executable programs used by cell constituents. This module is based on efficient algorithm and expert systems which can be used for optimal path planning of robot operations and optimal machining parameters of machine tool operations. The development tool in designing the environment is an object-oriented approach which provides a simple to use and intuitive user interface, and allows for an easy development of object models associated with the environment.