Title :
An Ant Colony Optimization Approach to the Minimum Tool Switching Instant Problem in Flexible Manufacturing System
Author :
Konak, Abdullah ; Kulturel-Konak, Sadan
Author_Institution :
Inf. Sci. & Technol., Pennsylvania State Univ. Berks, Reading, PA
Abstract :
Efficient tool management is very important for the productivity in flexible manufacturing systems. This paper proposes an ant colony approach to minimize the number of tool switching instants in flexible manufacturing systems for the first time. The proposed approach is compared to optimal results from the literature, and very promising results are reported.
Keywords :
flexible manufacturing systems; optimisation; productivity; ant colony optimization; flexible manufacturing system; minimum tool switching instant problem; productivity; tool management; Ant colony optimization; Computational intelligence; Computer numerical control; Delay effects; Flexible manufacturing systems; Job shop scheduling; Processor scheduling; Production; Productivity; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence in Scheduling, 2007. SCIS '07. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0704-4
DOI :
10.1109/SCIS.2007.367668
