• Title of article

    A polynomialalgorithmformulti-robot2-cyclicscheduling in ano-waitroboticcell

  • Author/Authors

    Ada Che، نويسنده , , HongjianHu، نويسنده , , MichelleChabrol، نويسنده , , MichelGourgand ، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2011
  • Pages
    11
  • From page
    1275
  • To page
    1285
  • Abstract
    This paperaddressesthemulti-robot2-cyclicschedulingprobleminano-waitroboticcellwhereexactly two partsenterandleavethecellduringeachcycleandmultiplerobotsonasingletrackareresponsible for transportingpartsbetweenmachines.Wedevelopapolynomialalgorithmtofindtheminimum numberofrobotsforallfeasiblecycletimes.Consequently,theoptimalcycletimeforanygivennumberof robots canbeobtainedwiththealgorithm.Theproposedalgorithmcanbeimplementedin O(N7) time, where N is thenumberofmachinesintheconsideredroboticcell.
  • Keywords
    Scheduling , No-wait robotic cell , Multiple robots , Polynomial algorithm
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Serial Year
    2011
  • Journal title
    Computers and Operations Research
  • Record number

    927945