DocumentCode
2709382
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
fYear
2007
fDate
1-5 April 2007
Firstpage
43
Lastpage
48
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computational Intelligence in Scheduling, 2007. SCIS '07. IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0704-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/SCIS.2007.367668
Filename
4218595
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