This paper models, analyzes, accommodates and simulates potential failures which may occur in a materials handling system with extended Petri nets (EPNs). EPNs are shown to be able to cope with ...

In the food processing sector, hygiene and throughput are both top priorities. Vacuum conveyors provide an enclosed, ...

Queueing networks are sometimes used to model material handling in flexible manufacturing systems. We explore the use of a closed queueing network model to approximate an intrabay automated material ...