Deadlock avoidance in manufacturing systems with flexible routing and mixed capacity Conference Paper

abstract

• Deadlock avoidance is essential in the operation of flexible manufacturing systems. Many of these systems have redundant processing capabilities that support flexible part routing. This work characterizes deadlock avoidance for systems with flexible routing capabilities. Specifically, we address deadlock avoidance in systems where every stage of every part type possesses some processing alternatives, and one or more machines are equipped with multiple units of buffer capacity. Several necessary conditions for deadlock and deadlock avoidance are identified.

authors

• Lawley, Mark

published proceedings

• Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

author list (cited authors)

• Lawley, M.

complete list of authors

• Lawley, M

publication date

• December 1998

published in

• Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics  Journal

start page

• 594

end page

• 599

volume

• 1