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Simulation-Based Shop Floor Control: Formal Model, Model Generation,

September 1, 2001
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Y J. Son, R A. Wysk
The high cost of control software development and maintenance has been recognized as a significant problem inhibiting CIM solutions. In this paper, a structure and architecture for the rapid realization of a simulation-based real-time shop floor control

Toward Self-Integrating Software Applications for Supply Chain

August 1, 2001
Author(s)
Michael Gruninger, Nenad Ivezic, Albert W. Jones
Each paper in this special issue deals with a particular aspect of supply chain management. Nevertheless, they all point to a common need for meaningful and timely information exchange across the supply chain. The Internet and the existing Web technologies

A Combined Process/Resource-oriented Approach to Shopfloor Simulation

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
Hyunbo Cho, Albert W. Jones, P Y. Jang
Manufacturing simulation tools are used frequently to analyze proposed planning, scheduling, and control decisions that attempt to optimize some performance measure(s) for the shop. These shops exhibit a dynamic and complicated evolution caused by the

Report of the NIST MEL Architecture Task Force

December 29, 2000
Author(s)
Harry A. Scott, John Evans, Steven R. Ray, E C. Teague, James S. Albus, Herbert T. Bandy, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Neil Christopher, M A. Donmez, Hui-Min Huang, Albert W. Jones, Elena R. Messina, Jim G. Nell, Frederick M. Proctor, Evan K. Wallace
The NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory undertook a series of internal working meetings to examine all of its architecture efforts. A survey of work was performed, and recommendations were identified. This document, initially compiled in 1999

Automatic Generation of Simulation Models from Neutral Libraries: An Example

July 1, 2000
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, R A. Wysk, Y J. Son
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have proposed the development of neutral libraries of simulation components. The availability of such libraries would simplify the generation of simulation models, enable component-based

Monitoring and Controlling Operations

July 1, 2000
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Evan K. Wallace, Yuehwern Yih
This work is a chapter in a forthcoming Handbook of Industrial Engineering. The chapter contains five sections. In addition to a short introduction and a shorter summary, this paper has three technical sections. The first section talks about control

NIST Response to MES Request for Information

September 1, 1999
Author(s)
Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Peter O. Denno, Shaw C. Feng, Evan K. Wallace, Albert T. Jones
This is a response from the National Institute of Standards (NIST) to OMG's Request for Information concerning the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) area [RFI3]. There has been quite a bit of previous work at NIST, related to this RFI which influenced

Testing of Interaction-driven Manufacturing Systems

December 2, 1998
Author(s)
Katherine C. Morris, David W. Flater, Donald E. Libes, Albert W. Jones
As automation of manufacturing processes becomes more widespread, manufacturing systems are becoming more and more software dependent. At the same time, the software used is becoming more and more modularized allowing for the creation of customized systems

Survey of Job Shop Scheduling Techniques

August 1, 1998
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Luis C. Rabelo
A large number of approaches to the modeling and solution of job shop scheduling problems have been reported in the Operations Research (OR) literature, with varying degrees of success. These approaches revolve around a series of technological advances

Production Systems Engineering: Requirements Analysis for Discrete-Event Simulation

June 1, 1998
Author(s)
Anna Bartolotta, Charles R. McLean, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Albert W. Jones
This document describes the results of the requirement analysis phase for a neutral interface specification to discrete event simulation software. The interface specification should provide a neutral mechanism capable of describing input data to a discrete

Requirements Analysis: Process Plan Specification - Workstation Level

June 1, 1998
Author(s)
Kimberley Ellis, Albert T. Jones, Yung-Tsun Lee
The Computer-Aided Manufacturing Engineering (CAME) program is developing a number of integrated software toolkits for design, manufacturing engineering, and production operations. One of these toolkits is the Manufacturing Engineering ToolKit (METK). The

A Simulation-Based BRP Support System for Supply Chain Management

January 1, 1998
Author(s)
Shigeki Umeda, Albert W. Jones
Modern manufacturing enterprises must collaborate with a large number of suppliers to design and produce their products. Management of these supply chains is crucial. This paper proposes a simulation-based supply chain management system, which supports the

Industrial Need: Production Management Standards

August 1, 1997
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Charles R. McLean
The High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) program was formally established by the High Performance Computing Acto of 1991 (Public Law 102-194). T The goal of this program is to accelerate the development of future generations of high

An Analysis of AP213 for Usage as a Process Plan Exchange Format

January 1, 1997
Author(s)
Michael Iuliano, Albert W. Jones, Shaw C. Feng
The objective of the Computer-Aided Manufacturing Engineering (CAME) project is to identify generic interfaces which can be used to demonstrate the integration of manufacturing engineering software applications. A number of software tool kits are

Simulation in Japan: State-of-the-Art Update

January 1, 1997
Author(s)
Shigeki Umeda, Albert W. Jones
Computer hardware continues to decrease in cost and increase in power. Simulation vendors have hypothesized that this trend, together with new requirements for system integration, have produced a new business environment for discrete-event simulation all

A Neural Network Based Scheduling System for Flexible Manufacturing Cells

August 1, 1996
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Ying Sun, Yuehwern Yih, Luis C. Rabelo
To meet dynamic market demands and manage uncertainty during production, a flexible scheduling system is essential. In this paper we present a neural network-based scheduling system that is able to adapt different scheduling strategies dynamically, based

Controlling Activities in a Virtual Manufacturing Cell

May 1, 1996
Author(s)
Michael Iuliano, Albert W. Jones
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are developing a virtual manufacturing cell. This cell will contain simulation models of a wide range of manufacturing equipment, processes, and systems. It will have commercial and

Job Shop Scheduling

May 1, 1996
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Luis C. Rabelo, Yuehwern Yih
A large number of approaches to the modeling and solution of job shop scheduling problems have been reported in the OR literature, with varying degrees of success. These approaches revolve around a series of technological advances that have occurred over

Hierarchical Control in a Virtual Manufacturing Facility

January 1, 1996
Author(s)
Michael Iuliano, Albert W. Jones
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are developing a virtual manufacturing cell, which will facilitate standards development and testing. This cell will contain simulation models of a wide range of manufacturing equipment

A Neural Network Based Cell Controller for Automated Manufacturing Cells

June 1, 1995
Author(s)
Albert T. Jones, Yuehwern Yih, Ying Sun
In this paper, we describe an adaptive controller for automated manufacturing cells. The controller inputs desired performance targets and job characteristics and outputs tasks sequences for each piece of equipment in the cell. It contains an adjustment

Simulation: State of the Art in Japan

September 1, 1994
Author(s)
Albert W. Jones
This report summarizes the state of the art of simulation research and development in Japan. This summary is divided into three parts. In part one, we provide a translation of a paper that was published in Journal of the Operations Research Society of