Modeling and optimization of manufacturing process performance using Modelica graphical representation and process analytics formalism

G. Shao (), A. Brodsky and R. Miller
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G. Shao: National Institute of Standards and Technology
A. Brodsky: George Mason University
R. Miller: University of Texas at Dallas

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2018, vol. 29, issue 6, No 8, 1287-1301

Abstract: Abstract This paper concerns the development of a design methodology and its demonstration through a prototype system for performance modeling and optimization of manufacturing processes. The design methodology uses a Modelica simulation tool serving as the graphical user interface for manufacturing domain users such as process engineers to formulate their problems. The Process Analytics Formalism, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, serves as a bridge between the Modelica classes and a commercial optimization solver. The prototype system includes (1) manufacturing model components’ libraries created by using Modelica and the Process Analytics Formalism, and (2) a translator of the Modelica classes to Process Analytics Formalism, which are then compiled to mathematical programming models and solved using an optimization solver. This paper provides an experiment toward the goal of enabling manufacturing users to intuitively formulate process performance models, solve problems using optimization-based methods, and automatically get actionable recommendations.

Keywords: Optimization; Manufacturing process; Process analytics; Graphical user interface (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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