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Modeling, Evaluation, And Control Of A Flexible Manufacturing Cell Using Petri Nets, Glenn Arthur Thorniley
Modeling, Evaluation, And Control Of A Flexible Manufacturing Cell Using Petri Nets, Glenn Arthur Thorniley
Theses
This thesis describes the usefulness of Petri nets in modeling, evaluating, and controlling a Flexible Manufacturing Cell (FMC). The basics of Petri net theory are explained and a specific FMC is examined. First, the FMC is modeled. The purpose of modeling is to facilitate the evaluation and provide a framework on which the control methodologies can be applied. The objective of the evaluation is to determine how the FMC would benefit most by replacing or adding equipment. Several ideas on control are combined to form a useful framework for the designing of the control net. With this framework the control …
Modeling And Performance Of Token Bus Lan With Petri Nets, Zhenggang Pan
Modeling And Performance Of Token Bus Lan With Petri Nets, Zhenggang Pan
Theses
A token bus local area network (LAN) is analyzed by Generalized Stochastic Petri Nets (GSPN). The GSPN models of both a single station and LAN for four types of service schemes are obtained and their liveness property is proved. The network performance parameters comprise throughput and delay. The performance analysis for both symmetric and asymmetric single-service systems is conducted for varying load. In order to analyze a token bus LAN with a large number of stations, an approximation method is developed to resolve the .state space explosion problem. A token bus LAN with twenty-one stations is used to show the …