Neural networks in production control

  • Authors:
  • Bernd Scholz-Reiter;Florian Harjes;Christian Kleefeld

  • Affiliations:
  • Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH at the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany;Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH at the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany;Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH at the University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

  • Venue:
  • CSCC'11 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Circuits, Systems, Communications & Computers
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In order to keep up with the fast changing requirements of today's global markets, production planning and control systems need a continuous advancement. In recent years, methods from the field of artificial intelligence, such as biologically inspired algorithms, software agents or artificial neural networks, have proven their innovation potential in tasks related to production planning and control. However, the practical application is often difficult due to the lack of experience with these new approaches. This paper deals with the use of artificial neural networks as control methods in a shop floor environment. It provides an evaluation of three common network architectures based on material flow simulations with a generic shop floor model.