Title :
Adding diversity to a Multiobjective Ant Colony algorithm for time and Space Assembly Line Balancing
Author :
Chica, M. ; Cordon, O. ; Damas, S. ; Bautista, J.
Author_Institution :
Eur. Centre for Soft Comput., Mieres, Spain
Abstract :
We present a new mechanism to introduce diversity to a multiobjective algorithm based on ant colony optimization to solve a more realistic extension of a classical industrial problem: time and space assembly line balancing. Promising results are shown after applying the designed multiobjective ant colony optimization algorithm to ten real-like problem instances.
Keywords :
assembling; assembly planning; optimisation; assembly line balancing; multiobjective ant colony optimization; Aerospace industry; Algorithm design and analysis; Ant colony optimization; Assembly; Automotive engineering; Flow production systems; Job shop scheduling; Manufacturing; Scheduling algorithm; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Assembly and Manufacturing, 2009. ISAM 2009. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Suwon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4627-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISAM.2009.5376943
