Publication - FMLS Lab at UTSA

H. Wan, F. Chen, and C. Saygin, “Web-based Lean Simulation and Training,” 17th Int'l Conf. on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Philadelphia, PA, 2007, pp.1020-1027.

H. Wan, L. Rivera, and F. Chen, “Leanness Score of Value Stream Maps,” Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, TN, 2007.

R. Musa, F. F. Chen, and A. S. Ghoniem, “Dynamic Variation Reduction Technique in Assembly Lines after Batch Inspection,” Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, 2006.

L. Rivera and F. F. Chen, "Cost-Time Profiling: Putting Monetary Measures onto Value Stream Maps," Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FL, 2006.

H. Wan, and F. F. Chen, "An Application of Slacks-Based Measure on Quantifying Leanness," Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FL, 2006.

L. Rivera, and F. F. Chen, "Cost-Time Profiling: Impact of Lean Tools on the Cost-Time Investment of a Product," 16th Int'l Conf. on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Limerick, Ireland, 2006.

H. Wan, and F. F. Chen, "A Web-based Tool for Implementation of Lean Manufacturing," 16th Int'l Conf. on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Limerick, Ireland, 2006, pp.1085-1092.

R. Musa, F. F. Chen, and R. H. Sturges, “Simple Rules to Achieve Variation Reduction Based on Optimal Subassembly Part Mating,” the International Symposium on Flexible Manufacturing, Osaka, Japan, 2006.

R. F. Babiceanu and F. F. Chen, “Performance evaluation of agent-based material handling systems using simulation techniques,” Proc. of the Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, December 2005.

R. F. Babiceanu, F. F. Chen, and R. H. Sturges, “Fault-tolerance and hardware reconfigurability capabilities for agent-based material handling systems,” Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, May 2005.

H. Wan, and F. F. Chen, "Quantifying Leanness and Agility of Manufacturing Systems," Proc. of Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, 2005.

R. F. Babiceanu, F. F. Chen, and R. H. Sturges, “The influence of material handling operations on the schedule makespan in manufacturing cell environments,” Transactions of the NAMRI/SME, Volume 33, pp. 195-202, 2005.

J. Su and F. F. Chen "Component-based System-level Control Architecture for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems" proceedings of the 3rd International CIRP Sponsored Conference on Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A., 2005.

J. Su and F. F. Chen "A Component and Service Based Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Framework" Proceedings of the 2005 international FAIM conference, Bilbao, Spain, 2005.

R. F. Babiceanu, F. F. Chen, and R. H. Sturges, “Reactive scheduling of material handling devices using the holonic control approach,” Proc. of the 14th Int. Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Toronto, Canada, July 2004, pp 1210-1217.

R. F. Babiceanu, F. F. Chen, and R. H. Sturges, “Internal agent architecture for agent-based material handling systems,” Proc. of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, TX, May 2004.

J. Su and F. F. Chen "Control Software for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: State-of-the-art Review and Future Trends" for 2004 IERC Conference, 2004.

H. Wan and F. F. Chen, "Reconfiguration of Manufacturing Systems Considering Leanness and Agility," Proceedings of the 13th Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas, May, 2004.

J. Su and F. F. Chen "Agent-based modular control architecture for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems" Proceedings of the 2004 international FAIM conference, Toronto, CANADA, 113~119 , 2004.

R. F. Babiceanu, F. F. Chen, and R. H. Sturges, “Holonic-based control system for advanced material handling systems,” Proc. of the 17th International Conference on Production Research, Blacksburg, VA, August 2003.

J. Su and F. F. Chen "Stand-Alone Device Control for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems" Proceedings of the 2003 international FAIM conference, Tampa, FL, U.S.A, 221~226, 2003.

F. F. Chen, "PFF/PECASE: Hardware-Based Simulator for Real-Time Control and Optimization of Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of 2003 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Birmingham, AL, January, 2003.

F. F. Chen, D. Xu, and W. Tang, "Parallel Simulation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems on a Hardware-Based Simulator," Proceedings of 2002 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, January, 2002.

M. Dong and F. F. Chen, "Modeling and Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Logistic Chains: An Integrated Framework," Proceeding of the 5th International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation, Las Vegas, Nevada, August, 2001.

F. F. Chen, D. Xu, "Parallel Simulation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems ," Proceedings of 2001 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Tampa, Florida, January, 2001.

J. Chen and F. F. Chen, "Performance Modeling of Dynamic Tool Sharing Control in FMS using Colored-Petri Nets," Proceedings of International Conference on Production Research, Bangkok, Thailand, August, 2000, (7 pages).

F. F. Chen, "Rapid Modeling and Analysis of FMS Considering Unreliable System Components, Finite Buffers and AGVs," Progress in Material Handling Research: 2000 (Proceedings of 6th Int. Material Handling Research Colloquium), York, Pennsylvania, June, 2000.

J. P. Dismuke, R. J. Bennett, F. F. Chen, M. A. Vonderembse, and W. P. Caldwell, "Changing Organizational Culture and Structure to Facilitate the Initiation and Implementation of Radical Innovation," Proceedings of 2000 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Vancouver, Canada, January, 2000.

F. F. Chen and Q. Su, "Rapid Design and Analysis of Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of 2000 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Vancouver, Canada, January, 2000.

F. F. Chen, D. Xu, "Multi-microprocessor based simulator for flexible manufacturing systems," Proceedings of 2000 NSF Design and Manufacturing Research Conference, Vancouver, Canada, January, 2000.

M. Dong and F. F. Chen, "Interval Timed Object-Oriented Petri Net Modeling for Real-time Scheduling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Xi?an, China, June, 1999.

J. P. Dismukes, R. J. Bennett, F. F. Chen, M. A. Vonderembse, W. P. Caldwell, P. F. Gerhardingger, and R. F. Okkerse, "University-Industry Collaboration for Radical Innovation in Flat Glass Manufacturing," Proceedings of Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PIVMET?99), Portland, Oregon, July, 1999.

L. Liu and F. F. Chen, "The State-of-the-art of Holonic Manufacturing Systems: A Comprehensive Survey on Applications and Future Research Needs," Proceedings of International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Xi?an, China, June, 1999.

D. Xu and F. F. Chen, "An integrated decomposition method for real-time rescheduling of flexible manufacturing systems," Proceedings of 1999 International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Xi?an, China, June, 1999.

F. F. Chen and Q. Su, "Rapid Design and Analysis of Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of 1999 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Long Beach, CA, January, 1999.

F. F. Chen and D. Xu, "Microprocessor-Based Simulator for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of 1999 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Long Beach, CA, January, 1999.

F. F. Chen and C. Saygin, "A Laboratory Infrastructure for Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing Research," Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Automation Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, July, 1998.

F. F. Chen, "Hardware-Based Simulator for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of 1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, January, 1998.

F. F. Chen, and Q. Su, "Rapid Modeling and Analysis of FMS Considering Unreliable System Components and Finite Buffers," Proceedings of 1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, January, 1998.

F. F. Chen, C. Peng, and M. Lun, "Research in Scheduling and Control Systems for FMS," Proceedings of 1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Monterrey, Mexico, January, 1998.

M. Lun, and F. F. Chen, "Holonic Concept Based FMS Scheduling and Control System," Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Manufacturing Technology in Hong Kong, Nov 30 - Dec 3, 1997.

F. F. Chen, and C.S. Shukla, "Intelligent FMS Control Using Hybrid Architecture," Proceedings of 1997 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Seattle, Washington, January, 1997.

F. F. Chen, R. Mantel, "Infrastructure and Networking in Material Handling Research and Development," Proceedings of 1996 International Colloquium on Material Handling Research, S'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, June, 1996.

J.-I. Ker and F. F. Chen, "Automated Visual Inspection of Microgears," Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on IE Applications and Practice, Houston, Texas, December, 1996.

F. F. Chen, J. Huang, M. Centeno, and S.-H. Lee, "A Framework for Intelligent Scheduling and Control of Automated Material Handling Systems," Proceedings of 1996 International Colloquium on Material Handling Research, S'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, June, 1996.

C. Shukla, M. Vazquez and F. F. Chen, "Virtual Manufacturing: An Overview," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 31, No.1/2, 1996, (Proceedings of 19th International Conference on C&IE, Miami, FL, March 1996).

W. Pujadas and F. F. Chen, "A Reliability Centered Manufacturing Strategy for a Discrete Part Manufacturing Facility," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 31, No.1/2, 1996, (Proceedings of 19th International Conference on C&IE, Miami, FL, March 1996).

C. Peng, F. F. Chen, "Parallel Discrete Event Simulation of Manufacturing Systems: A Technology Survey," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 31, No.1/2,, 1996, (Proceedings of 19th International Conference on C&IE, Miami, FL, March 1996).

F. F. Chen, "FMS Design for Operation and Management," Proceedings of 1996 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Albuquerque, NM, January, 1996.

F. F. Chen, "Intelligent Manufacturing Cell Engineering and Control," Proceedings of 1996 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Albuquerque, NM, January, 1996.

F. F. Chen, "Reliability Modeling for FMS Design and Analysis," Proceedings of the 1995 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, San Diego, CA, January, 1995.

S. R. Sagi, F. F. Chen, and D. Wu, "An Intelligent Shop Floor Control Framework," Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on AI and Expert Systems Applications (EXPERSYS-94), Houston, Texas, December, 1994.

F. F. Chen, "Using Push and Pull Concepts for Sequencing of Gantry Robot Moves in An Automated Serial Production Line," Proceedings of the 1994 International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, Maui, Hawaii, August, 1994.

J. Ker, F. F. Chen, "SIMBLOCK: A Menu-Driven Simulation Software for Manufacturing Engineering Education," Proceedings of 1994 ASEE Gulf Southwest Section Meeting, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March, 1994.

F. F. Chen, "Flexible Manufacturing Systems for the Apparel and Metal Working Industries: A Contrast Study on Technologies and Contributions," Proceedings of the 5th Academic Apparel Research Conference, Lafayette, LA, February, 1994.

F. F. Chen, "A Concurrent Engineering Approach to FMS Design," Proceedings of the 1994 NSF Design & Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Cambridge, MA, January, 1994.

J. A. Ventura, F. F. Chen, and M. S. Leonard, "Loading Tools to Machines in Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Computers and Industrial Engineering (Conference Proceedings), Vol. 15, No. 1-5, 1988.

F. F. Chen, "An Integrated Production Planning System for Flexible Manufacturing," Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Research & Creative Activities Forum, University of Missouri-Columbia, April, 1988.

F. F. Chen, "A Study of Optimal Mix of Operating Strategies for Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Proceedings of the 4th Annual Research & Creative Activities Forum, University of Missouri-Columbia, April, 1987.