可重构制造系统的可重构控制器

可重构控制器是可重构制造系统的重要组成部分之一。该文提出了可重构控制器的体系结构。分析了实现可重构制造系统的可重构控制的方法。仿真研究表明可重构控制是实现可重构制造系统控制系统可重构的有效方法。     

可重构制造系统监督控制器的自动重构

提出了基于改进的网重写系统(Improved net rewriting system, INRS)的可重构制造系统(Reconfigurable manufacturing systems, RMS) Petri网监督控制器的自动重构方法, 以快速适应由市场需求变化所引起的制造系统构形的频繁变化. INRS解决了网重写系统存在的问题, 可动态调整给定Petri网模型的结构而不改变其行为属性. 以集合和图的组合形式定义了RMS的构形, 并提出了基于INRS的一类模块化、可重构的Petri网控制器的设计方法. 针对这类Petri网控制器, 提出了基于INRS的自动重构方法. 方法可将RMS构形的变化转变为INRS的图重写规则, 并作用于当前Petri网控制器, 使其快速、自动地重构为所求的新控制器. 所提出的Petri网控制器的设计与重构方法, 均从理论上保证了结果的正确性, 免校验. 仿真研究验证了方法的有效性.     

Coordinating product, process, and supply chain decisions: A constraint satisfaction approach

The importance of coordinating product, process, and supply chain (PPSC) decisions has received much attention and popularity in academia and industry alike. This paper formulates PPSC coordination as a factory loading allocation problem (FLAP) from a constraint satisfaction perspective. A domain-based FLAP reference model is proposed for the conceptualization of a multi-site manufacturing supply chain, considering multiple domains, network structures, product characteristics, decision variables, along with various constraints. A decision propagation structure (DPS) incorporating with a connectionist approach is developed based on the concept of constraint heuristic search to facilitate the exploration of solution spaces. A case study in a multi-national company is presented to illustrate the FLAP framework, which implies practical insights into PPSC coordination.     

可重构制造系统的模糊综合评价研究及其PB实现

针对目前可重构制造系统评价体系的不足,根据可重构制造系统的特点和要求,以某研究所机械加工车间为研究对象,从工程应用的实际出发,构建了一个较为完备的可重构制造系统的评价体系模型,并通过层次分析法对可重构制造系统的各级指标进行量化,在此基础上,运用模糊综合评价方法对系统进行综合评价打分,从而达到对系统的可重构性进行控制的目的。并借助PowerBuilder软件进行评价界面的设计,解决了复杂的计算问题,提高评价的准确度与时效性。     

A systematic approach for coupling user satisfaction with product design

A fundamental assumption in this paper is that user satisfaction depends on product design. The approach consists of 5 steps: (1) define user satisfaction, (2) decompose product design elements, (3) conduct experiments, (4) develop relationship models, and (5) analyse critical design features. In order to demonstrate the practicability of this approach, relationship models were developed based on experimental data using a total of 60 subjects (30 American and 30 Korean subjects). In addition, critical design features and their common properties were identified for audio/visual consumer products. Similarities and differences between American and Korean consumers were discussed. The resulting relationship models can be used to predict user satisfaction and provide significant remedies for design change.     

A systematic data-mining-based methodology for product family design and product configuration

Product family design and product configuration based on data mining technology is identified as an intelligent and automated means to improve the efficiency of product development. However, few of previous literatures have proposed systematic product family design method based on data mining technology. To make up for this deficiency, this research put forward a systematic data-mining-based method for product family design and product configuration. First, the customer requirement information and product engineering information in the historical order are formatted into structural data. Second, principal component analysis is performed on historical orders to extract the customers' differentiated needs. Third, association rule algorithm is introduced to mine the rules between differentiated needs and module instances in the historical orders, thus obtained the configuration knowledge between customer needs and product engineer. Forth, the mined rules are used to construct association rule-based classifier (CBA) that is employed to sort out the best product configuration schemes as popular product variants. Fifth, sequence alignment technique is employed to identify modules for popular product variants, so that the module instances are divided into optional, common and special module, respectively, thereby the product platform is generated based on common modules. Finally, according to new customer needs, the CBA classifier is used to recommend the best configuration schemes, and then popular product variants are configured based on the product platform. The feasibility of the proposed method is demonstrated by the product family design example of desktop computer hosts.     

Assessment of reconfiguration schemes for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems based on resources and lead time

Reconfigurable manufacturing equipment is developed to meet the growing demand for more agile production. Agile manufacturing technology can improve the turnover of a company if it enables fast market introduction for volume production. Modular reconfiguration, defined as changing the structure of the machine, enables larger variation of products on a single manufacturing system; these solutions are called Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMS). The quality of RMS, and the required resources to bring it to reliable production, is largely determined by a swift execution of the reconfiguration process. This paper proposes a method to compare alternatives for the ways to implement reconfiguration. Three classes of reconfiguration are defined to distinguish the impact of the proposed alternatives. The procedure uses a recently introduced index method for development of RMS process modules, based on the Axiomatic Design methodology. Weighting factors are used to calculate the resources and lead time needed to implement the reconfiguration process. Application of the method leads to quick comparison of alternatives in the early stage of development. Successful execution of the method was demonstrated for the manufacturing process of a 3D measuring probe.     

可重构计算机技术在航天系统中的应用

随着小卫星技术的不断发展,卫星的功能、种类也越来越多,这就对星载计算机的性能提出了更高的要求,而传统的CPU难以胜任现代小卫星繁重的任务。由于ARM微处理器具有体积小、性能高、功率低、操作系统便于移植等优点。本文给出了基于AR91R40008处理器的可重构星载计算机的设计方案,并详细论证了方案的技术细节和可行性,以及所采用的一些关键设计技术。     

可重构制造系统的合弄结构研究

可重构制造系统在激烈的市场竞争和产品品种、产品数量陡变的环境中,能够快速重构制造系统环境。该文采用合弄结构对制造系统的基本结构框架进行了分析,建立了基于合弄结构的可重构制造系统的结构框架。     

A methodology to redesign heterogeneous product portfolios as homogeneous product families

This paper presents a methodology to redesign heterogeneous product portfolios as homogeneous product families. A heterogeneous portfolio is one that has no common components, or shares a minimum number of components. The methodology proposed to homogenize the portfolio begins by analyzing the current product offerings to determine customer needs and functions. Then, a granulation process is initiated to remove redundancies, and identify physical function carriers to deliver the required functions. Next, function carriers are grouped on the basis of their functional commonalities into groups for parallel development. The applicability and the use of the methodology are illustrated through the redesign of an existing heterogeneous ‘office furniture’ product portfolio.     

可重构制造系统的多Agent模型

论文在介绍可重构制造系统重构方法的基础上,给出了可重构制造系统多Agent模型的结构,并详细描述了基于该模型的可重构车间加工系统的重构算法,最后对重构算法进行仿真验证了该算法的可行性。     

大规模动态发布/订阅系统中的重配置管理

重配置特性使得发布/订阅P/S(Publish/Subscribe)系统适应高度动态的环境,现有的P/S系统通常不能动态地改变既定的操作,适应影响事件代理框架的拓扑结构的变化。提出了一种大规模动态P/S系统中重配置管理的新途径——RS3DS(reconfigurable sparse 3dimensional space)模型。基于RS3DS中代理拆分和合并过程,分析了RS3DS中订阅表的重配置策略。结果表明RS3DS具有低的重配置开销和高的事件交付率。     

A taxonomy and decision support for the design and manufacture of types of product families

The realization that designing products in families can and does have significant technological and economic advantages over traditional single product design has motivated increasing interest in recent years in formal design tools and methodologies for product family design. However, currently there is no guidance for designers in the first key strategic decisions of product family design, in particular determining the type of product family to design. Hence, in this paper, first a taxonomy of different types of product families is presented which consists of seven types of product families, categorized based on number of products and time of product introduction. Next a methodology is introduced to support designers in deciding which type of product family is appropriate, based upon early knowledge about the nature of the intended product(s) and their intended market(s). From this information it follows both which manufacturing paradigm and which fundamental design strategies are appropriate for each type of product family. Finally, the proposed methodology is illustrated through a case study examining a family of whitewater kayaks.     

计算机辅助可重构制造系统设计

可重构制造系统是为了快速而准确地提供响应新的高层需求所需的生产能力和生产同一零件族内的新零件所需的制造功能，从一开始就设计成可面向系统级和生产资源级快速而又以有竞争力的成本重构的制造系统，文中分析了可重构制造系统的设计方法及其特征，提出了计算机辅助可重构制造系统设计这一新的研究方向，说明了包括动态适应学习识别机制，建模分析与性能优化，专家系统、集成设计等模块的设计机辅助可重建制造系统设计的流程，实现了可重构制造系统的集成设计。     

Product platform configuration for product families: Module clustering based on product architecture and manufacturing process

Product family design utilizes platform-based modularity to enable product variety and efficient mass-production. While product platform issues have attracted much attention from both academia and industry, traditional product platform design for product families emphasized the platform-based modularity that focuses on product structure dimension (functional or non-functional) to realize cost reductions during the design stage. Both the design architecture and manufacturing process are objectives that define product family modularity (PFM). They should be closely coupled with each other for the planning and configuration of platforms. This paper focuses on the product platform configuration by recognizing and utilizing shared product modules for product families. Instead of clustering product modules only based on their design structure, this approach differentiates each product variant, and considers the inherent relationship between product architecture and processing activities. The advantage is that similar components can be grouped and produced on a shared platform, thus benefitting from lower cost and shorter production time. First, both the architecture and manufacturing information of the product variety are captured in matrix format. Then, hierarchical clustering is applied over the components to generate PFM. Finally, a set of platforms are constructed to efficiently process most components of variants.     

Weaves: A Framework for Reconfigurable Programming

This paper presents a language independent runtime framework—called Weaves—for object based composition of unmodified code modules that enables selective sharing of state between multiple control flows through a process. Furthermore, the framework allows dynamic instantiation of code modules and control flows through them. In effect, weaves create intra-process modules (similar to objects in OOP) from code written in any language. Applications can be built by instantiating Weaves to form Tapestries of dynamically interacting code. The framework enables objects to be arbitrarily shared—it is a true superset of both processes as well as threads, with code sharing and fast context switching time similar to threads. Weaves does not require any special support from either the language or application code—practically any code can be weaved. Weaves also include support runtime loading and linking of object modules enabling the next generation of highly dynamic applications. This paper presents the elements of the Weaves framework and its implementation on the Linux platform over source-code independent ELF object files. The current implementation has been validated over Sweep3D, a benchmark for 3D discrete ordinates neutron transport (Koch et al. Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 65 (198) [1992]), and a user-level port of the Linux 2.4 family kernel TCP/IP protocol stack.     

Performance Advantage of Reconfigurable Cache Design on Multicore Processor Systems

With the trends of microprocessor design towards multicore, cache performance becomes more important because an off-chip access would be increasingly expensive due to the competition across the processor cores. A question arises: How to design the cache architecture to prevent a performance bottleneck caused by data accesses? This work studies a reconfigurable cache architecture that can be dynamically configured for meeting the individual demand of running applications. Using a self-developed cache simulator, we first examined how different cache organization and configuration influence the parallel execution of OpenMP applications. The experimental results show that applications benefit from a flexible cache with reconfigurability. This motivated us to go a step further and develop a hardware prototype of this novel architecture.     

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: Key to future manufacturing

Presented in this article is a review of manufacturing techniques and introduction of reconfigurable manufacturing systems; a new paradigm in manufacturing which is designed for rapid adjustment of production capacity and functionality, in response to new market conditions. A definition of reconfigurable manufacturing systems is outlined and an overview of available manufacturing techniques, their key drivers and enablers, and their impacts, achievements and limitations is presented. A historical review of manufacturing from the point-of-view of the major developments in the market, technology and sciences issues affecting manufacturing is provided. The new requirements for manufacturing are discussed and characteristics of reconfigurable manufacturing systems and their key role in future manufacturing are explained. The paper is concluded with a brief review of specific technologies and research issues related to RMSs.