• Evolvable Production Systems
• Cost model
• Comparison

The objective of this work was the formulation of a cost model able
to provide an evaluation of the economical effectiveness of an Evolvable
Production System (EPS) compared to the Flexible Manufacturing System
(FMS) within assembly process. Preliminary essential work was the
literature research on cost models, which confirmed the lack of economical
considerations about evolvable paradigm.
Two are the main contributions: the first is the definition of the cost model
for EPS and FMS throughout multiple product life cycles. After the definition
of the model, it has been proposed a parametrical comparative analysis
between the two systems within different productive scenarios. The comparative
cost analysis was simulated through the implementation of the model
on MATLAB.
This work takes place within the research about Evolvable Production
Systems carried out at KTH, the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.