General principles and search strategy for rational structure types reconfigurable production systems

Abstract

The article considers selection of rational production system (PS) type. The selection method is described that is based on establishing the structural attributes of an inflow of orders, creation of production system typical structures bank, defining the shared boundaries between typical structures in metric space and development of metrics calculation approaches. The article shows that selection of rational PS type implies the selection of PS technological structure and defining its optimum automation level.