PSPS: project

Projekt:
Modelling and Control of Production with Methods of Non-linear Dynamics

Production systems are modelled as dynamical systems in terms of Nonlinear Dynamics. As a result, a qualitative understanding of the production process should be submitted and the deterministic connections be described. The dynamical model specifies the production resources in an integrative way and records the interdependencies between planning and control respectively. Contrary to the planning concepts of conventional PPC-Systems, the planning and control job will not be solved by optimisation methods of OR, but by an algorithmic interaction of the model’s objects. This interaction leads to an acceptable operation mode of the production system.
As a result of this research, a universal, dynamical model of a production system should be developed that includes the planning and control of the production sequences and represents the production process as a whole. In doing so, a behaviour of the production procedure should be discovered that is not taken into consideration by conventional PPC-Systems.
Against the background of the common criticism on traditional PPC-Systems, the concept of the dynamical model should be the basis for a novel class of PPC-Systems. These systems will be flexible enough to react to the highly dynamic market with a growing product variety, customer specific products and short delivery times with on-time delivery.

Manager:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Scholz-Reiter

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Project Partner:
Prof. Dr. Arkadi Pikovski
Lehrstuhl Statistische Physik/ Chaostheorie
Universität Potsdam

Acknowledgement:
Volkswagen-Stiftung (I / 77 366)

Duration:
01.01 1998 bis 31.12 2002

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