Execution Module
Execution Module
- Shop floor controller class (Smith and Joshi, 1996)
- A C++ class hierarchy for shop equipment. Includes base classes for material processors, material handlers, material transporters, and automated storage devices
- Message-based part state graphs (Smith and Joshi, 1994)
- Formally describes the processing protocol between a piece of equipment and the control system and between different levels in the control system
- TCP/IP interprocess communications
- Enables (and simplifies) distributed control