Development of the Modularity Measure for Assembly Process Structures

Vladimir Modrak and Zuzana Soltysova

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2021, vol. 2021, 1-9

Abstract:

This study is aimed at exploring the problem of quantification of process modularity degree. Modularity as a system design principle is apprehended here as the extent to which processes can be decomposed into modules to be executed in parallel and/or in series. For this purpose, a new method is proposed to measure relative modularity of different assembly process structures. This method is compared with other relative modularity measures, namely singular value modularity index, degree of process module, and process module independence, in order to verify its effectiveness. For this purpose, selected representative types of assembly process structures are used. This testing proved that the proposed relative modularity indicator for manufacturing and/or assembly process structures reflects the expected system property in adequate way.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1155/2021/4900748

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