Convenience stores with refrigerated display cases are ubiquitous in much of the developed world. For such buildings it is common to utilize multiple rooftop units (RTU) to serve the retail area and multiple coolers or freezers to provide cooling for merchandise. The overall objective of this paper is to develop and assess an integrated control approach for typical convenience store application...

Current major roadmapping efforts have all clearly underlined that true industrial sustainability will require far higher levels of systems’ autonomy and adaptability. In accordance with these recommendations, the Evolvable Production Systems (EPS) has aimed at developing such technological solutions and support mechanisms. Since its inception in 2002 as a next generation of production systems,...

Warehouse Control System (WCS) aims to manage a broad range of facilities in the warehouse. WCS is different from warehouse management system (WMS). It manages and controls facilities (e.g. equipment) in the warehouse while WMS manages orders in the warehouse. A WCS controls a number of equipment simultaneously while an equipment control system (ECS) controls individual machine. We analysed key...