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Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume 2013, Article ID 294835, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/294835
Research Article

Computationally Improved Optimal Control Methodology for Linear Programming Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Yen-Liang Pan,1 Yi-Sheng Huang,2 Yi-Shun Weng,3 Weimin Wu,4 and MuDer Jeng5

1Department of Avionic Engineering, Air Force Academy, Taiwan
2Department of Electronic Engineering, National Ilan University, Taiwan
3Department of Electronic Engineering, Army Academy, Taiwan
4State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology and Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
5Department of Electronic Engineering, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Received 20 January 2013; Accepted 27 May 2013

Academic Editor: J. Liang

Copyright © 2013 Yen-Liang Pan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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