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On the Optimal Buffer Allocation of an FMS with Finite In-Process Buffers

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This paper considers a buffer allocation problem of flexible manufacturing system composed of several parallel workstations each with both limited input and output buffers, where machine blocking is allowed and two automated guided vehicles are used for input and output material handling. Some interesting properties are derived that are useful for characterizing optimal allocation of buffers for the given FMS model. By using the properties, a solution algorithm is exploited to solve the optimal buffer allocation problem, and a variety of differently-sized decision parameters are numerically tested to show the efficiency of the algorithm.

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  1. Department of Information Systems, School of Information Technology and Engineering, Jeonju University,  

    Soo-Tae Kwon

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., T2N 1N4, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Marina Gavrilova

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Perugia, via Vanvitelli, 1, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Osvaldo Gervasi

  3. William Norris Professor, Head of the Computer Science and Engineering Department, University of Minnesota, USA

    Vipin Kumar

  4. OptimaNumerics Ltd., Cathedral House, 23-31 Waring Street, BT1 2DX, Belfast, UK

    C. J. Kenneth Tan

  5. Clayton School of IT, Monash University, 3800, Clayton, Australia

    David Taniar

  6. Department of Chemistry, University of Perugia, Via Elce di Sotto, 8, I-06123, Perugia, Italy

    Antonio Laganá

  7. School of Computing, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea

    Youngsong Mun

  8. School of Information and Communication Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea

    Hyunseung Choo

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Kwon, ST. (2006). On the Optimal Buffer Allocation of an FMS with Finite In-Process Buffers. In: Gavrilova, M., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2006. ICCSA 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3982. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11751595_81

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