Resume of

 

MARIA PIA FANTI

 

Associate Professor

Dipartimento di Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica

Politecnico di Bari (Italy)

Via Re David 200 70125 BARI (Italy)

Tel. +39-080-5963643  Fax. +39-080- 5963410

Electronic-mail address: fanti@poliba.it

 

 

Research Interests

 

·       Control and modeling of automated manufacturing systems.

·       Control and modeling of computer integrated systems: automatic guided vehicle systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, railway networks, urban traffic signals.

·       Supply chain modeling and management.

·       Discrete event systems, Petri net and Colored Petri nets.

·       Structural properties of linear systems.

 

Education       

 

“Laurea” degree in Electronic Engineering         University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 1983.

 

Research and Professional Experience

 

1998-present          Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, Associate Professor.

1990-1998                   Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, Assistant Professor

1999                               Visiting researcher at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, New York.

1986-1988                   Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, Researcher in cooperation with SELENIA Society: Techniques to evaluate performance indices of flexible manufacturing systems.

1983-1989                 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari, Italy, Researcher in projects about modeling and control of flexible manufacturing systems.

 

 

Affiliations                   Member of IEEE, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE Control Systems Society, Member of New York Academy of Sciences.

 

Honors, Awards, and Listings

 

1984              IBM Theses Award

1998              Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis Who’s Who), 4th Edition

 

Book Chapters

 

1.     B.Maione, M.P.Fanti, B.Turchiano "Large Scale Markov Chain Modelling of Transfer Lines", in Operations Research models in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, CISM, Udine, Italy, October 5-9 1987, Springer-Verlag, 193-211.

2.     M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Techniques and Applications of the System Approach to the Design of Generic Software for Real-Time Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS)", in Computer Aided Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing: Systems, Tecniques and Applications, Volume II, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Editore C. Leondes, Gordon and Breach International Series in Engineering, Technology and Applied Science, Section 1, pp. 1-31, CRC press, 2001.

3.     M.P. Fanti, "Deadlock-Free Control in Automated Guided Vehicle Systems", Concurrency in Dependable Computing, P. Ezhilchelvan and A. Romanovsky Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands, 2002.

4    M.P. Fanti, M.C. Zhou, "Introduction to Deadlock Research in Computer-integrated Systems", M.P. Fanti, M.C. Zhou Eds., Deadlock Resolution in Computer-Integrated Systems, 2004.

5    M. P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Maione, and B. Turchiano, "Digraph-based Techniques for Deadlock Resolution in Automated Manufacturing Systems", Maria Pia Fanti and MengChu Zhou Eds. Deadlock Resolution in Computer-Integrated Systems, 2004.

 

 

Journal Articles

 

1.       M.P. Fanti, B.Maione, B.Turchiano: "Structurally Fixed Modes of Systems Described by Rosenbrock's Polynomial Matrices", Int. J. Control, vol.48, no. 5, pp.1947-1965, 1988.

2            M.P. Fanti, B.Maione, Q.Semeraro, B.Turchiano: "Assessing the Operational Analysis Robustness for Flexible Manufacturing Systems Modelling", Int. J. of Systems Science, vol. 19, no. 11, pp. 2381-2394, 1988.

3        M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "A stategy for partitioning and ordering of the states of Markov chains for three state production lines analysis", Automazione e Strumentazione, n.6, pp.185-190, 1989.

4        M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, R. Peluso, B. Turchiano, "Two-level Solution Method for Markov Chain Modelling Transfer Lines with Unreliable Servers and Finite Buffers", Int. J. of Systems Science, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 971-986, 1989.

5            M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Controllability of Linear Single-Input Positive Discrete-Time Systems", Int. J. Control, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 2523-2542, 1989.

6            M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Controllability of Multi-Input Positive Discrete-Time Systems", Int. J. Control, vol. 51, no. 6, pp.1295-1308, 1990.

7            M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Alcuni Criteri di Gestione delle Code in un FMS", Automazione e Strumentazione, vol. XXXIX, no. 9, pp.109-117, 1991.

8            L. Carnimeo, M.P. Fanti, M. Trovato, B. Turchiano "A Graph-Theoretic Decoupling Technique for the Design of Synchronous Generator Controllers", IEE Proceeding-D Control Theory and Applications, vol. 139, no. 3, pp. 337-345, 1992.

9            M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "System approach to a generic software specification for Flexible Manufacturing System job flow management", Int. J. of Systems Science, vol. 23, no. 11, pp. 1889-1902, 1992.

10         M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "New Policies for Deadlock Avoidance in Flexible Manufacturing Cells", Automazione e Strumentazione, vol. XLIV, no. 2, pp. 91-95, 1996.

11         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "System Approach to Design Generic Software for Real-Time Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems" IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 190-202, 1996.

12         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Decoupling of MIMO systems by graph-theoretic approach," Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 5, no. 1, pp 49-68, 1996.

13         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano, "Performance of Deadlock Avoidance Algorithms in Flexible Manufacturing Systems," Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 15, no.3, 164-178, 1996.

14         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Heuristic scheduling of jobs on a multi-product batch processing machine", Int. Journal of Production Research, vol. 34, no. 8, pp. 2163-2186, 1996.

15         M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Digraph-Theoretic Approach for Deadlock Detection and Recovery in Flexible Production Systems," Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 5, no. 4, pp 373-383, 1996.

16         M.P. Fanti, F. Ferrarini, "Deadlock Avoidance Techniques for flexible manufacturing Systems" Automazione e Strumentazione, vol. XLV, no. 2, pp. 121-127, 1997.

17         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano "Event-Based Feedback Control for Deadlock Avoidance in Flexible Production Systems," IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 347-363, June 1997

18         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano "Low-cost deadlock avoidance policies for Flexible Production Systems", Int. Journal of Modelling and Simulation, vol. 17, n. 4, pp. 310-316, 1997.

19         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Event Control for Deadlock Avoidance in Production Systems with Multiple Capacity Resources," Studies in Informatics and Control, vol. 7, no. 4, pp 373-383, 1998.

20         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "Genetic Multi-criteria Approach to Flexible Line Scheduling", Int. J. of Approximate Reasoning, Vol. 19, n. 1, pp. 5-21, 1998.

21         M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Comparing Digraph and Petri Net Approaches to Deadlock Avoidance in FMS", IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part B: Cybernetics, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 783-798, October 2000.

22         M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Distributed Event-Control for Deadlock Avoidance in Automated Manufacturing Systems", Int. Journal of Production Research, vol 39, no.9, 1993-2021, 2001.

23        M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Design of Supervisors Avoiding Deadlock in Flexible Assembly Systems", Int. Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, vol. 14, pp. 157-175, 2002.

24         M.P. Fanti, "Event-based controller to avoid deadlock and collisions in zone control AGVS", Int. Journal of Production Research, vol. 40, no. 6, 1453-1478, 2002.

25      M.P. Fanti, "Deadlock Resolution Strategies in Automated Manufacturing Systems Including Conjunctive Resource Serviceto appear on IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A, 2004.

26      M.P. Fanti, M. Zhou, "Deadlock Research in Automated Manufacturing. A Survey" 13/02/S, DEE report 2002, to appear on IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part A, 2004.

27      M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "A coloured Timed Petri Net Model for real-time control of AGV systems" to appear on Int. Journal of Production Research, 2004.

 

 

Conference Proceeding Papers Published or Accepted

 

G.Acciani, M.P.Fanti, B.Maione, B.Turchiano: "Flow Optimization in Flexible Manufacturing Systems" Proc. IECON'85, IEEE e SICE-Japan, S. Francisco, CA, Nov.18-22 1985, pp. 237-241.

M.P.Fanti, B.Maione, Q.Semeraro, B.Turchiano:"Reliability of FMS Performance Measures Estimated via Operational Analysis: the Role of the Part-mix Characteristics" 2nd Int. Conf. on Computer-Aided Production Engineering, University of Edinburgh, 13-15 April 1987, pp. 211-216.

M.P. Fanti, B.Maione, B.Turchiano "Reliability and Performance of Two Stage Transfer Lines with Finite Buffer and Random Processing Times" Proc. of IASTED International Symposium Reliability and Quality Control, Paris France, June 24-26 1987, pp. 215-218.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Simulation Based Real-Time Control of FMS" IFAC International Workshop on Decisional Structures in Automated Manufacturing, Genova, Italy, September 18-21 1989, pp. 332-334.

M.P.Fanti, B.Maione, G.Piscitelli, B.Turchiano "Automazione della produzione: le ricerche del gruppo di automatica dell'Università di Bari" Giornata di studio Realtà e prospettive della robotica nel Sud Italia, SIRI e UCIMU, Napoli, 30 Ottobre 1990, pp. 1-16.

M.P. Fanti, G. Figalli, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Discrete-event modelling of Flexible Manufacturing Systems", COMCONEL '90 Communication, Control and Electronics Conference, Cairo 16-20 Dec 1990, pp. 46-50.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G.Piscitelli, B. Turchiano " Real-Time Job Scheduling and Job Managing in FMS" Proc. of the ISMM International Workshop PARALLEL COMPUTING, Trani, Italy, September 10-13, 1991, pp. 442-446.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Two Methods for Real-Time Routing Selection in Flexible Manufacturing Systems", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Nice, France, May 10-15, 1992, pp. 1158-1166.

M.P. Fanti, E. Lo Valvo, P. Piacentini, G. Piscitelli "Real-Time Routing Selection in Flexible Manufacturing Systems", Proc. of the Thirtieth Int. Matador Conference, UMIST, Manchester, England, 31st March-1st April, 1993, pp. 727-732.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano "Graph-theoretic approach to the decoupling of MIMO systems", Int. Convention and Fair Informatics CONAI' 94, Cuba, February 21-23, 1994.

M.P. Fanti, S. Mascolo, G. Piscitelli, B. Turchiano "Dealing with deadlock prevention in Flexible Manufacturing Systems", Int. Convention and Fair Informatics CONAI' 94, Cuba, February 21-23, 1994.

M.P. Fanti, D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "Controllo Fuzzy dell'Ordine di Invio dei pezzi alle Stazioni di una Linea Flessibile", Proceeding of 39° Conv. annuale ANIPLA, AUTOMAZIONE '95, Bari, 8-10 Novembre 1995, pp. 144-149.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano, "Control Policies Conciliating Deadlock Avoidance and Flexibility in FMS Resource Allocation", Proc.ETFA'95, INRIA/IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Paris, October 10-13, 1995, pp. 343-351.

M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Detection and Recovery in Flexible Production Systems with Multiple Capacity Resources," IEEE -AEI Melecon '96, Industrial Applications in Power Systems, Computer Science and Telecommunications, May 13-16, 1996, Bari Italy, pp. 237-241.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Graph-Theoretic Methodology to define Deadlock Avoidance Policies," IEEE-SMC Symposium on Discrete Events and Manufacturing Systems, CESA'96 IMACS, Multiconference, July 9-12, 1996, Lille, France, pp. 419-425.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, S. Mascolo, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance Policies for Flexible Production Systems with Multiple Capacity Resources," IEE 3rd Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, August 19-21, 1996, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, pp. 31-38.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "Evolutionary Control of Flexible Production Systems", IEEE ICARCV'96 Fourt Int. Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 4-6 December 1996, Westin Stamford, Singapore, pp.7-11.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "A Genetic Multi-criteria Approach to Job Shop Scheduling", ARS'97 "Approximate Reasoning in Scheduling/ ISFL'97 ICSC Symposium on Fuzzy Logic and Applications, Zurich 11-14 February '97, pp. 46-52.

M.P. Fanti, D. Naso, B. Turchiano, "Fuzzy Logic Approach to FMS Scheduling", Erudit '97, European Symposium on Intelligent Techniques, March 20-22, 1997, Bari, Italy, pp. 116-120.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Event Control for Deadlock Avoidance in Assembly Systems", 1997 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Orlando, Florida, October 12-15, pp. 3756-3761, 1997.

M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Design and Implementation of Supervisors Avoiding Deadlocks in Flexible Assembly Systems", IEEE-SMC Symposium on Discrete Events and Manufacturing Systems, CESA'98 IMACS, Multiconference, Hammamet, Tunisia, April 1-4, pp. 667-672, 1998.

M.P. Fanti, B. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance in Cellular Manufacturing Systems", 1998 IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, California, October 12-15, vol. J, pp. 157-162, 1998.

M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance in Manufacturing Systems Modeled by Petri Nets", IFAC'99, July  5-9, 1999, Beijing, China.

M.P. Fanti, G. Maione, B. Turchiano, "Supervisors Avoiding Deadlock in Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Co-operating Machines", European Control Conference, ECC'99, 31 August-3 September 1999, Karlsruhe, Germany.

M.P. Fanti, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance Policies Applied to Flexible Manufacturing Systems Modelled by Colored Petri Nets", ETFA'99, INRIA/IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, October 18-22, Bercelona, Catalonia, Spain, pp. 1099-1106, 1999.

M.P. Fanti, "Deadlock-Free Control in Automated Guided Vehicle Systems Using a Coloured Petri Net Model", Workshop on Concurrency in Dependable Computing, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. June 26, 2001.

M.P. Fanti, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Avoidance in Automated Guided Vehicle System", 2001 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, 8-11 July, 2001, Como Italy.

M.P. Fanti, "Event Control for Deadlock Avoidance in Automated Guided Vehicle Systems", European Control Conference, European Control Conference, ECC’01, 4-7 September, Porto, Portugal, 2001.

M.P. Fanti, B. Turchiano, "Deadlock Analysis in Automated Manufacturing Systems with conjunctive resource Service", IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 11-15, Washington, U.S.A., 2002.

M.P. Fanti, "A Deadlock Avoidance Strategy for AGV Systems Modelled by Coloured Petri Nets", International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, WODES 2002, October 2-4, Zaragoza, Spain.

M.P. Fanti, M. Zhou, "Deadlock Research in Automated Manufacturing using Petri Net models", Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2002, October 6-9, Hammamet, Tunisia.

M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "Modeling of an AS/RS Serviced by Rail-Guided Vehicles: a Control Perspective", Int. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2002, October 6-9, Hammamet, Tunisia.

M.P. Fanti, "A Colored Timed Petri Net Model to Manage Resources in Complex Automated Manufacturing Systems", IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2003, May 11-15, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003.

M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "A Real Time Control Strategy to Manage AS/RSs Modeled with Colored Timed Petri Nets ", IEEE-SMC Symposium on Discrete Events in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems, CESA2003, July 9-11 2003, Lille, France.

M.P. Fanti, "A Colored Timed Petri Net Model to Manage Resources in Complex Automated Manufacturing Systems", IEEE Int. Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2003, May 11-15, Taipei, Taiwan, 2003.

M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "A Real Time Control Strategy to Manage AS/RSs Modeled with Colored Timed Petri Nets ", IEEE-SMC Symposium on Discrete Events in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems, CESA2003, July 9-11 2003, Lille, France.

M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "Performance of Two real time Control Strategies for AGV Systems: A case study" European Control Conference ECC2003, 1- 4 September 2003, University of Cambridge, UK.

M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, "Performance-Based Comparison of Control Policies for Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems Modelled by Coloured Petri Nets" ETFA2003, INRIA/IEEE Symposium on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2003, Portugal.

M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, C. Meloni, "Real Time Optimization of Traffic Signal", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

M. Dotoli, M.P. Fanti, C. Meloni, M. Zhou, "A Decision Support System for the Supply Chain Configuration", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

A. A. Desrochers, T. Deal, M.P. Fanti, "Complex Token Petri Nets", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

M.P. Fanti, A. Giua, C. Seatzu " Generalized Mutual Exclusion Constraints and Monitors for Colored Petri Nets", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

M.P. Fanti, A. Giua, C. Seatzu "A Deadlock Prevention Method for Railway Networks using Monitors for Colored Petri Nets", 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

 

 

Professional Activities and Services  

 

1. Chair Positions Served

 

-       Member of the program Committee IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt Orlando, Florida, USA, October 12-15, 1997.

-       Member of the International Program Committee 1998 IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. October 11-14, 1998.

-       Member of the International Program Committee IEEE Int. Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA'99, October 18-22 1999, Bercelona, Catalonia, Spain

-       Member of the International Program Committee July 22-25, 2001, Orlando, The Fifth Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Florida, USA.

-       Member of the International Program Committee July 22-25, 2002, Orlando, The Fifth Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Florida, USA.

-       Member of the International Program Committee 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

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2. Sessions Chaired/Organized

-       Deadlock detection, Prevention and Avoidance in Flexible Production Systems, IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt Orlando, Florida, USA, October 12-15, 1997.

-       "Recent Advance in Deadlock Avoidance of Large-Scale, Flexibly Automated Manufacturing Systems", 1998 IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. October 11-14, 1998.

-       Discrete-Event/Hybrid Systems and Control, 1998 IEEE Int. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics" Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. October 11-14, 1998.

-       Discrete-Event/Hybrid Systems and Control, IEEE Int. Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA'99, October 18-22 1999, Bercelona, Catalonia, Spain.

-       Modelling, optimization and design of supply chains, 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

-       "Petri Nets and Discrete Event systems" (Track of 5 sessions), 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA.

-       "Modelling and control of transportation and traffic systems" (track of 3 sessions) 2003 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, October 5-8, 2003, Washington, D.C., USA..

 

Serving as a Referee for

        Journals

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation,

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,

IIE Transactions,

Int. Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems,

Int. Journal of Production Research

 

Serving as a guest editor for

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: part A, Systems and Humans (2002). "Special Issue on Deadlock Resolution in Computer Integrated Systems".

 

 

Developed Courses

 

Electrical Engineering 1994-present:

            Automatic Control

Mechanical Engineering 1994-present:

            Automatic Control

Management Engineering 2003-present:

            Industrial Automation