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A Max-Plus Algebra Approach to Study Time Disturbance Propagation within a Robustness Improvement Context

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  • César Martínez-Olvera
  • Jaime Mora-Vargas

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Industry 4.0 aims to ensure the future competitiveness of the manufacturing industry, where one of the major challenges faced by its implementation is the manufacturing/production system robustness (that is, able to perform in the presence of noise), as they may not be able to absorb input disruptions without bending or breaking. In this paper we propose to use the Max-Plus algebra approach to study the propagation of manufacturing disturbances (i.e., processing time variations), presenting a case study and performing a sensitivity analysis, with the idea of understanding under which conditions disturbance propagation takes place. Findings show that the impact propagation depends on where the variation source is located within the manufacturing system. Two are the main original contributions of this paper: the use of Max-Plus algebra to study the impact propagation of processing time variations and a four-step methodology to derive the equations representing the deterministic manufacturing system.

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  • César Martínez-Olvera & Jaime Mora-Vargas, 2018. "A Max-Plus Algebra Approach to Study Time Disturbance Propagation within a Robustness Improvement Context," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2018, pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:1932361
    DOI: 10.1155/2018/1932361
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