Reference
A. N. Tarău, B. De Schutter, and J.
Hellendoorn, "Model-based control for throughput optimization of automated
flats sorting machines,"
Control Engineering Practice,
vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 733-739, June 2009.
Abstract
Mail items of A4 size are called flats. In order to handle the large volumes of
flats that have to be processed, state-of-the-art post sorting centers are
equipped with dedicated flats sorting machines. The throughput of a flats
sorting machine is crucial when dealing with a continually increasing number of
items to be sorted in a certain time. But, the throughput is limited by the
mechanical constraints. In order to optimize the efficiency of this sorting
system, in this paper, several design changes are proposed and advanced
model-based control methods such as optimal control and model predictive
control are implemented. An event-based model of the flats sorting system is
also determined using simulation. The considered control methods are compared
for several scenarios. The results indicate that by using the proposed
approaches the throughput can be increased with over 20%.
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@article{TarDeS:08-030,
author = {Tar{\u{a}}u, Alina N. and De Schutter, Bart and Hellendoorn,
Johannes},
title = {Model-Based Control for Throughput Optimization of Automated
Flats Sorting Machines},
journal = {Control Engineering Practice},
volume = {17},
number = {6},
pages = {733--739},
month = jun,
year = {2009}
}