ABSTRACT

Production environments are becoming more complex and dynamics. This is influenced by external factors related with products’ characteristics and costumers’ requirements and internal factors related with processing times variability, machine failures, setup times, between others. To face this increasing complexity and dynamics, it is crucial to have effective production control methods, considering Interoperability Enablers for Cyber-Physical Systems. However, production control methods most in used today, are focused on centralised decision-making and planning, and considered inadequate to deal with the increasing dynamics of these systems. Autonomous Production Control (APC) may be an adequate alternative to face this complexity, allowing flexible and rapid reaction to possible disturbances that may occur in the production system. However, as APC is the relatively new concept, there are no existing surveys. Therefore, we review and discuss the literature on APC methods to bring more attention to this promising topic of research, highlighting future research directions.

摘要

生产环境变得越来越复杂和动态。这受与产品特性和客户要求有关的外部因素以及与处理时间可变性，机器故障，设置时间等有关的内部因素影响。为了应对这种日益增加的复杂性和动态性，考虑到网络物理系统的互操作性支持因素，拥有有效的生产控制方法至关重要。但是，当今最常用的生产控制方法侧重于集中决策和计划，并且被认为不足以应对这些系统不断增长的动态。自主生产控制（APC）可能是应对这种复杂性的适当替代方法，可以对生产系统中可能发生的干扰进行灵活，快速的反应。然而，由于APC是相对较新的概念，因此没有现有的调查。因此，我们回顾和讨论有关APC方法的文献，以使更多的关注这一有前途的研究主题，突出未来的研究方向。