Joseph Talavage (Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA) (Author)

• 1. Introduction 2. The Development of Manufacturing Systems 3. Flexible Manufacturing Systems-Their Development and Benefits 4. Pallets, Fixtures, and Machines 5. Work-Handling and System Layouts 6. System Management and the Developing Scene 7. Simulation and Analysis in the Design of FMS 8. Simulation Modeling 9. Network-of-Queue Modeling 10. Network-of-Queue Analysis as a Design Aid for FMS 11. Simulation for FMS Design 12. Prescriptive Tools for FMS Design 13. Economic Justification of FMS 14. Artificial Intelligence in the Design of FMS