Modeling Manufacturing Systems: From Aggregate Planning to Real-Time Control

By Agostino Villa and Paolo Brandimarte

Book Overview

Advanced modeling techniques are a necessary tool in order to design and manage manufacturing systems effectively. This book contains a set of tutorial chapters on topics ranging from aggregate production planning to real time control, including predictive and reactive scheduling, flow management in assembly systems, simulation of robotic cells, design of manufacturing systems under uncertainty and a historical perspective on production management philosophies. The book will be of interest both to researchers and practitioners, including graduate students in Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Research.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 354065500X
• ISBN13: 9783540655008
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"