A generic production rules-based system for on-line simulation, decision making and discrete process control

Serguei Iassinovski, Abdelhakim Artiba and Christophe Fagnart

International Journal of Production Economics, 2008, vol. 112, issue 1, 62-76

Abstract: The paper presents and discusses a structure and components of a distributed decision-making system for complex discrete systems and processes control. The decision-making nucleus of the system--system dynamics Builder (SD Builder)--is described. The SD Builder is based on a hierarchical object-based representation of a complex discrete system and on a production rules based representation of discrete processes. It allows the using of on-line simulations, state-graph search, expert systems and other methods for decision making. A conceptual prototype of a sawmill control system in a timber factory illustrates the concepts described in the paper. In a case of a manufacturing system, the decision-making system makes a part of a manufacturing execution system (MES).

Date: 2008
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