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The performance evaluation of different system architectures and the development of tailored methods to manage FFMSs at operational level are the final decision activities of the design approach presented in this book. In this chapter a simulation theory-based tool is presented. The proposed tool is able to automatically simulate a set of different scenarios and to provide the necessary capability to compare the performance of FFMSs versus FMSs. Moreover, tailored methods to optimize the performance at operational level are introduced in the simulated supervisor of the FFMSs architecture. The methods allow to split the execution of the part program among different machining centers and to manage the opportunity to share more than one pallet transport system on the same route. The methods are validated through simulation experiments.
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Grieco, A., Nucci, F. (2009). System Performance Simulation and Analysis. In: Tolio, T. (eds) Design of Flexible Production Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85414-2_9
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