Michiko MatsudaKanagawa Institute of Technology
Michiko Matsuda
Doctor of Engineering
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The business process models provide a means to control and visualize the enterprise processes. Different processes in an enterprise inter-operate to achieve a common strategic and operational objective. These processes continuously evolve to meet the changing business requirements. In this respect, the process models should be able to reflect a cos...
It has been proposed a method of constructing a supply chain in the cyber space as a multi-agent system by linking enterprise agents which is generated from each model of the component enterprise in a supply chain, by authors. Based on the proposed method, a prototype of the CPS platform for smart supply chain configuration has been implemented for...
This research project aims to provide a common methodology for constructing a virtual supply chain as a field to determine more appropriate action for each component enterprise. Describing method for an enterprise model including behavior description and sharing them as an enterprise e-catalog have been proposed. In this paper, the agent program co...
A digital eco-factory has been proposed by the authors for the simultaneous simulation of environmental performance, productivity and manufacturability. A virtual production line is constructed as a multi-agent system by connecting virtual equipment implemented as software agents which are automatically generated from equipment models. These models...
The business process models provide a means to control and visualize the enterprise processes. Different processes in an enterprise inter-operate to achieve a common strategic and operational objective. These processes continuously evolve to meet the changing business requirements. In this respect, the process models should be able to reflect a cos...
In Industry 4.0, a network of enterprises and factories is constructed collaboratively and dynamically according to the cyber physical system (CPS) paradigm. It is necessary to build smart supply chains according to this concept. A network of component enterprises in a supply chain would be modeled as a virtual supply chain in the cyber world. From...
A virtual supply chain is constructed based on the concept of smart manufacturing which is a network of collaborative and dynamic factories based on the CPS (Cyber Physical System) paradigm. On a virtual supply chain, it is expected that a simulation-based optimization copes with supply chain planning and control. In this paper, it is proposed that...
In this paper, we propose a simultaneous optimization model for product configuration and supply chain planning that can reflect customer’s participation in product design. A game theoretical model is developed to derive the equilibrium of the decision-makers with different objectives. The simultaneous optimization problem is formulated as a bileve...
The ISO 16300-3 standard considers the required artefacts for interoperability verification and validation throughout the whole cycle of manufacturing application development. In this chapter, an important work of ISO series standards has been elaborated in the context of manufacturing application development. The current work presents the ISO 1630...
In this paper, we address a simultaneous optimization framework for product family configuration and supply chain planning. The customer determines the product family configuration and the manufacturer determines the supply chain planning. A conceptual model is developed for the simultaneous optimization of product family configuration and supply c...
Virtualization of a supply chain is a basis for constructing a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) for a smart supply chain. Total optimization and furthermore autonomous optimization of the supply chain will become possible using this CPS system. Models of component enterprises are divided into three types: manufacturer model, part/material supplier model...
The digital eco-factory has been proposed by the authors for simultaneous simulation of green performance, productivity and manufacturability. The digital eco-factory is constructed on a virtual production line modelling an actual production line. The virtual production line has been constructed by sequentially connecting machine agents which have...
A concept called digital eco-factory (a collection of software agents that virtually represent the hardware and software facilities involved in a manufacturing system) has been developed to examine the environmental performance, productivity, and manufacturability, simultaneously, of a manufacturing system. This study reports three applications of...
Recently, while planning the design and operation of a production line, it has become common to simulate production conditions on a virtual factory. A virtual factory is constructed by virtual equipment. Virtual equipment is usually implemented in a virtual factory as a software agent which is a model of the real equipment. For a simulation of elec...
At present, manufacturing industries are required to consider sustainability of the global environment in addition to minimization of production cost. The digital eco-factory has been proposed for a simultaneous examination of environmental performance, productivity and manufacturability. This paper entertains how to construct the digital eco-facto...
To easily and smoothly construct a virtual production line for a simulation of environmental performance, productivity and manufacturability, the use of a manufacturing machine e-catalogue library is proposed in this paper. A machine vender such as a machine tool maker and equipment provider registers an e-catalogue of his product to the library us...
In this paper, an effective usage method of a multi-agent based simulation system for sustainable production, called a digital eco-factory, is discussed through an electric power consumption simulation for a PCA (Printed Circuit Assembly). A virtual PCA line is constructed as a multi agent system by a solder-paste printer agent, several part-mounte...
In the context of development and evolution of heterogeneous industrial systems, the quality of interoperability among manufacturing software units is a major concern. Qualitative characteristics of the interoperability such as reliability, functionality, performance, and security are necessary for the assurance of high quality of the developed man...
A digital eco-factory has been proposed by the authors for sustainable manufacturing. When a digital eco-factory is used, green performance is examined in addition to productivity and manufacturability. In this paper, this digital eco-factory concept is applied to a PCA (Printed Circuit Assembly) line for review of electric power consumption. This...
There is a requirement for IT tool to support green production. A digital eco-factory has been proposed by the authors for use in simultaneous examination of environmental performance, productivity and manufacturability. In this paper, the idea of a digital eco-factory is applied to a PCA (Printed Circuit Assembly) line. In the trial implementation...
In this study, a virtual production line is used to present a method for generating assembly process-relational plans for a product according to the configurations of the production line and verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. In an autonomous production system, process-relational plans are generated dynamically by agents based on proc...
This paper proposes sustainable manufacturing using a digital eco-factory. When a digital eco-factory is used, green performance is examined in addition to productivity and manufacturability at the same time. A digital eco-factory shows green performance with various granularities such as machine level, product level and factory level. A digital ec...
Recent manufacturing systems including application software for production control are required to have high flexibility and fast changeability. In response to this, this paper proposes the development and operation methodology for production control applications which are configured by cooperation of manufacturing software units provided by differ...
With an increasing number of distributed heterogeneous manufacturing systems, interoperability is becoming more and more critical for the reliability, performance, and security of working applications. In order to control the development and evolution of applications interoperability, crucial decisions should be made at the earliest stages of devel...
This study experiments with the manufacturing efficiency by layout change of a factory by means of agent-based autonomous production scheduling, using the virtual factory on a multi-agent simulation system. As infrastructure software for agent based simulation, the artisoc(c) is used. In this virtual factory, three types of agents are equipped. Use...
This paper proposes green production preparation using a digital eco-factory. When a digital eco-factory is used, green performance is examined in addition to productivity and manufacturability at the same time. A digital eco-factory shows green performance with various granularities such as machine level, product level and factory level. A digital...
A sustainable discrete manufacturing using a digital eco-factory as an IT tool has been proposed. In this paper, details of a digital eco-factory with construction methods are discussed. A digital eco-factory is a virtual factory and IT support platform on which a production scenario is examined from various viewpoints. When a digital eco-factory i...
ISO 16100 series provides a standardized methodology for the interoperability of manufacturing software using capability profiling. The method for describing software capability as Capability Profile and the way for exchanging software capability as information through Capability Profile are provided by ISO 16100. By using these two fruits from ISO...
This study is an examination of the effect of agent-based autonomous production scheduling, using the virtual factory on multi-agent simulation system. In the autonomous manufacturing system, a production plan is generated autonomously and dynamically, using communication and negotiation between agents that correspond to factory components. As infr...
A standardized methodology for manufacturing software interoperability through capability profiling is provided by the ISO 16100 series. These international standards are also applicable and usable for developing general software applications including enterprise applications. In order for users to implement the methodology presented in ISO 16100 a...
This paper describes a proposal of a concept and a construction method for the digital eco-factory to support and promote implementation of green production. The proposed digital eco-factory is a virtual factory and IT platform for sustainable production planning. The digital eco-factory is constructed on the digital factory which is constructed by...
In this paper, we discuss a technique for the dynamic assembly scheduling in an autonomous production system using product agents, parts agents and assembly machine agents. In this agent based assembly system, parts agents lead promotion of assembly process. Product agents generate the process plan that contains the assembly sequence to complete th...
In this paper, prior evaluation of an assemble production system using a digital factory is proposed. This virtual factory consists of several software agents that correspond to assembled parts and components of a production line such as assembly machines. Therefore, its configuration can be easily changed. In a virtual line, each agent cooperats m...
The ISO 16100 series has been developed for Manufacturing software interoperability through capability profiling. Theses international
standards are also applicable and usable for developing general software applications including enterprise applications. In
this paper, ISO 16100 methodology and its usage in the trial implemented environment are in...
In this paper, we propose a technique for the communication between agents in the dynamic generation of a production plan in an autonomous production system using product agents, parts agents and assembly machine agents. A parts agent leads the promotion of processes in this type of assembly system. First, product agents create the assembly process...
In this paper, we discuss a technique for the dynamic generation of a production plan in an autonomous production system using product agent, parts agent and assembly machine agents. A product agent and a parts agent lead the promotion of processes in this type of assembly system. In the proposed system, product agents generate the process plan tha...
MESX joint project aims to realize integration of entire manufacturing systems that organically link enterprise system and control system. To achieve this, we have positioned system components on each level of the function hierarchy defined in the IEC 62264-1 and have standardized coordination protocols among these components. Moreover, a demonstra...
In this paper an autonomous decentralized assembly system led by product part agent is proposed. Products such as parts, and sub-assembled parts are configured as agents in addition to devices in the proposed autonomous assembly system. Product parts for assembly are divided into two types. One is the main part that is the base of the assembled pro...
In this paper, we propose a technique for the negotiation between agents in the dynamic generation of a production plan in an autonomous production system using product parts agent and assembly machine agents. A part agent leads the promotion of processes in this type of assembly system. This agent generates the process plan that contains the assem...
The role of manufacturing software, such as being used in CAD/CAM/CAE, production management and scheduling, facility control, has increased the importance. The development of the unique platform and the common environment for them is also required in the internationally standardized way. This paper reports the history and the state of the arts in...
In this paper, product parts and machine agents are proposed for the construction of an autonomous flexible assembly system. The main part's agent takes the initiative in this system. When a new main part is put on to the production line, the main part's agent is dynamically generated with the product model. The main part's agent plans the assembli...
The configuration of an autonomous decentralized manufacturing system using multi agent technology is proposed to get more flexibility. In this digital factory, all elements such as machine tool, assembly machine, AGV, and product are installed as agents. The product agents take the initiatives in the system. When a blank workpiece is put on the sh...
This paper presents the capability profiling methodology which admits vendor/supplier-specific multiple capability class structures which has been proposed. This capability profiling methodology uses domain-specific manufacturing domain data (MDD) as a semantic information to describe the computer-readable capability of manufacturing activities. Si...
In this paper, a workpiece agent is proposed for the configuration of an autonomous decentralized manufacturing system which flexibly responds to high-mix, very-low volume production. When a blank workpiece is put on to the production line, the workpiece agent is dynamically generated with the product model. According to the state of each machine t...
In this research, a product agent is proposed for the configuration of an autonomous decentralized manufacturing system which flexibly responds to high-mix very-low volume production. A product agent has its own product model. A product agent can select the machine to manufacture the product by referring to machine data and negotiation with other p...
In this research, to flexibly accommodate high-mix very-low-volume production, sudden failure, etc., an autonomous decentralized manufacturing system using machine tool agents is proposed. The machine tool agent is required to have a process planning function and a scheduling function. To realize these indispensable functions, the construction of t...
To find and use skillfully manufacturing software components which are provided by various venders, this paper proposes the standardized methodology for showing the precise capability of their software components and for searching for good and proper manufacturing software components. The capability profile is used for improvement of this kind of i...
In this paper, a system which provides design drafts of the mechanical products based on functional requirements is discussed. Functional requirements given by the product designer are analysed in terms of basic functions corresponding to the functionality of each component module. Based on this analysis, candidates of function modules for the prod...
In this paper, a preliminary design support system for mechanical products is proposed. The preliminary design stage, in which rough design plans are generated, can be supported by a mechanism for automatic translation from functional requirements to modules and by optimization of arrangements in a module combination set. A module library is propos...
ISO/TC184/SC5/WG4 (Manufacturing Software and Its Environment) is working on ISO16100 : Manufacturing software capability profiling for interoperability. This paper reports on a manufacturing software interoperability framework and a capability profiling methodology which were proposed and developed through this international standardization activi...
The system provides design drafts and assembly order for Lego Mindstorms based on functional requirements. The operator inputs functional requirements to the system. These requirements are analyzed for primitive functions by reference to the block library. Each primitive function corresponds to a function block such as tire, caterpillar or light se...
To complete the product life cycle, one has to include an inverse flow from products to materials or parts. In the inverse manufacturing process, products are decomposed into several parts after the use phase. Some of these parts are re-used at the production stage and during the maintenance/up-grade process. In this paper, the evaluation system of...
The objective of this paper is the prediction for the deteriorated status of mechanical parts based on the feature-oriented product model for supporting the parts reuse phase. As the first step, the product model with “Geometrical Quality Feature” is proposed for representing the deteriorated status. The geometrical quality feature consists of “for...
In the factory, machine control commands are generated based on machining feature descriptions given by the product model. Descriptions of the machining features are derived by applying machining constraints to the product model for design. Machining constraints consist of knowledge about the machine itself and knowledge about the machining methods...
This paper tries to provide a methodology for a total machining system which automatically processes cutting order planning, cutter selection and generation of cutting data including generation of the cutter path based on the product model. Such an automatic machining operation planning system is presented by deriving machining features from the pr...
A process planning system requires much information about the product, most of which is decided at the product design stage. When the form features created by a designer match the machining features recognizable by a process planner, it is straightforward to determine machining features from product design information. When the product design featu...
This paper describes a generalized method of cutter-direction control using DDA (Digital Differential Analyzer) algorithms. The method is applicable to cutting out two dimensional arbitrary shapes with high accuracy. The cutter path generation process requires a method for moving the cutter along the lines of the figure and for keeping the cutter t...
This paper discusses the product data flow in a manufacturing system for machined parts. Through consideration of this product data flow, a form-feature modeling system is developed for the generation of a product model. The resulting product model contains descriptions of these form features and their dimensions to datum surfaces. For functional m...
In this paper on walking pattern acquisition is tried out on a quadruped walking robot: AIBO on a punishing road such as a sloping and bumpy road. In the initial stage, the walking pattern database in AIBO has the pattern for a flat road and a few sample patterns for sloping roads, and bumpy roads. AIBO tries two existing sets of data for a walking...