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Supervisory Control Principles for Dynamic Operations Management of Manufacturing Shop Floors

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In intelligent real-time scheduling and control of advanced manufacturing systems, two trends can be observed: one is the full automation of these processes with the elimination of human agents, and the other is the semi-automation of these processes with explicit integration of humans through implementation of the supervisory control paradigm. Discussion in the paper is devoted to the second alternative with the main concepts, principles, models and design considerations that enable a supervisory control system to contribute to dynamic operation management of manufacturing shop floors with their many uncertainties. Discussion is also extended to an example system (called SUPREACT) that focuses on the reactive — and proactive — scheduling functions involved in the system as the major intelligent supervisory control functions besides learning.

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Szelke, E. (1998). Supervisory Control Principles for Dynamic Operations Management of Manufacturing Shop Floors. In: Scherer, E. (eds) Shop Floor Control — A Systems Perspective. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60313-6_11

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