Measuring the effort of a reconfiguration processes

Amro M. Farid, Wuttiphat Covanich

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    Abstract

    In recent years, the fields of reconfigurable manufacturing systems[24], holonic manufacturing systems[3], multi-agent systems[4] have made technological advances to support the ready reconfiguration of automated manufacturing systems. To help assess these advancements, a reconfigurability measurement process[14] has been developed based upon the complementary ideas of reconfiguration potential[14], [17], [16] and ease[14], [15]. This work measured the reconfigurability of an automated manufacturing system as an intrinsic property of the system's structure. However, it did not explicitly measure the effort required to realize a reconfiguration process. This paper recombines the concepts of reconfiguration potential and reconfiguration ease to measure the effort required to realize a specific class of reconfiguration processes. The theoretical developments are then demonstrated in an illustrative example. The paper concludes with a discussion of potential implications on adjacent research.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings - IEEE INDIN 2008
    Subtitle of host publication6th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics
    Pages499-505
    Number of pages7
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2008
    EventIEEE INDIN 2008: 6th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics - Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
    Duration: 13 Jul 200816 Jul 2008

    Publication series

    NameIEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
    ISSN (Print)1935-4576

    Conference

    ConferenceIEEE INDIN 2008: 6th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics
    Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
    CityDaejeon
    Period13/07/0816/07/08

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