Design of Advanced Manufacturing Systems

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Preface
Contributing Authors 1: A framework for long term capacity decisions in AMSs; A. Matta, Q. Semeraro, T. Tolio
1 Introduction
2 Manufacturing capacity
3 Manufacturing strategy
4 Advanced Manufacturing Systems
5 A framework for capacity problems 2: A DSS for strategic planning; M. Bruccoleri, G. Lo Nigro, S. Noto La Diega, P. Retina, C. Perrone
1 The strategic planning process
2 Models for Production Strategy Planning
3 Models for Long-term Capacity Planning
4 DSS description
5 Tests and results
6 Conclusions 3: Stochastic programming models for manufacturing applications; A. Alfieri, P. Brandimarte
1 Introduction
2 The newsvendor problem
3 Stochastic linear programming
4 General structure of two-stage stochastic linear programs
5 Solution methods
6 Multi-stage stochastic programming models
7 Strong mixed-integer model formulations
8 Scenario generation
9 Models for capacity planning
10 An alternative approach to cope with uncertainty: robust optimization
11 Conclusions 4: Configuration of AMSs; A. Matta. Q. Semeraro. T. Tolio
1 Introduction
2 Problem description
3 Description of Automated Manufacturing Systems
4 Design of Automated Manufacturing Systems
5 Performance evaluation of Dedicated Manufacturing Flow Lines
6 Performance evaluation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
7 Conclusions 5: Selecting capacity plan; A. Anglani, P. Caricato, A. Grieco, F. Nucci
1 Introduction
2 Problem statement
3 The proposed methodology
4 Case study
5 Conclusions 6: Fuzzy performance evaluator of AMSs; F. Caiazzo, R. Pasquino, V. Sergi, B. Spiezio
1 Introduction
2 Fuzzy sets arid fuzzy numbers
3 Describing uncertainty
4 Linguistic modifiers
5 Constructing fuzzy sets
6 Queuing systems
7 Open queuing network models
8 Closed queuing network models
9 The method proposed: single-class case
10 The method proposed: multi-class case
11 The algorithm for the method proposed: single-class case
12 A sample application
13 Conclusions