In order to evaluate the configuration of machine tools, the IWF Axis Construction Kit (ACK) has been developed.
Jabal Ameli and Arkat (2008) have conducted a study on the configuration of machine cells considering production volumes and process sequences of parts.
The configuration of machine tools and process planning problem are traditionally managed as independent stages, where the process plan is designed by considering a number of machine tool solutions available from catalogue.
Other advantages include centralized management with features, such as automatic fail-over of control virtual machines, remote software configuration of machine CPUs, and storage and easy online upgrade of the overall capacity when needed, e.g., adding more dedicated CPU when the software needs more resources.
Open image in new window Fig. 1 Configuration concept of machines monitoring and the need for decision support tools.
Figure 1 shows the configuration concepts of machines monitoring and the need for decision-support tools as this reflects the tasks that require decision-taking on such as what to produce, how to produce, when to produce and which maintenance strategy to use in keeping the manufacturing enterprise alive from being moribund and to stand competitively.
In this paper, an effective method that uses multi-level fuzzy decisions to create dynamic optimal configurations of machine structures with respect to a given part geometry is presented.
Control of electricity and heat is carried out using advanced methods of optimal control, including the different configurations of machine room equipments and the Main Heat Exchangers Station - MHS The developed Information and Control System serves as an on-line support system for the operators and dispatchers and is part of the operating procedures in the implementation of Smart Grid.
A multi-level and multi-objective optimization method is developed to obtain the optimal design that is modeled by its machine configurations, parameters of machine configurations, reconfiguration processes to change between machine configurations, and parameters of reconfiguration processes.
Table 2 shows that the configuration of virtual machines is the same as the Amazon EC2 small instance, large instance, and extra large instance [15].
