APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD IN AN AGV SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Chin-Yung Chang, 張金泳
• Other Authors: Yun-Shiow Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22805479076987138614

碩士 === 元智大學 === 工業工程研究所 === 81 === Material handling plays an important role in a Flexible Manufacturing System(FMS). Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS) has been widely used to handle materials in a FMS. However, several factors succh as buffer size, part arrival rate, speed of AGVS, number of AGVS, dispatching rule and flowpath in an AGVS have significant effects on the performance of a FMS. In this reserach, we examine the effects of these factors by the Response Surface Methodology(RSM) and nested design. Result show that part arrival rate, speed of AGVS and number of AGVS affects the mean time of parts in a system significantly. The behavior of response variables is studied through the simulated regression model and the linear combinations of levels of significant factors for the minimum value of mean time of parts in the system is obtained. Simulation and data analysis are finished by ProModel simulation software and the statistical software package SAS, respectively.