Network-based distributed planning for design and manufacturing

Author

Subbu, Raj ; Sanderson, Arthur C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron. Agile Manuf. Res., Rensselaer Polytech. Inst., Troy, NY, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

85

Lastpage

91

Abstract

Planning in distributed environments requires efficient allocation of resources and access to information. This paper presents a basic theory and analysis of a class of distributed coevolutionary algorithms that supports planning in a networked environment. These algorithms are evaluated in a distributed information architecture that facilitates coevolutionary optimization of a design-supplier-manufacturing planning problem. Simulation analysis examines the percentage convergence error and the percentage computational advantage comparing the distributed algorithm to a centralized approach. The algorithms are evaluated in a realistic network setting and analyzed using models of network delays and processing times

Keywords

computer aided production planning; distributed algorithms; genetic algorithms; production control; resource allocation; coevolutionary algorithms; distributed algorithm; manufacturing; networked environment; optimization; production control; production planning; resource allocation; Algorithm design and analysis; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Convergence; Design optimization; Distributed algorithms; Distributed computing; Manufacturing; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Assembly and Task Planning, 2001, Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Fukuoka

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7004-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISATP.2001.928971

Filename

928971