A methodology for fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making approach for scheduling problems in robotic flexible assembly cells

Author

Abd, K. ; Abhary, K. ; Marian, R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

fYear

2014

Firstpage

374

Lastpage

378

Abstract

Multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) is a method for ranking solutions and finding the best one when the decision maker has two criteria or more. AHP, ELECTRE and TOPSIS are the most popular and acceptable MCDM methods. However, they are not suitable any longer to make decisions when the information is uncertain and vague. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to develop a new approach, using fuzzy MCDM, to deal with multi-objective problems for the dynamic scheduling in robotic flexible assembly cells. The effectiveness of the proposed approach will be demonstrated through a case study in Part II of this paper.

Keywords

TOPSIS; analytic hierarchy process; flexible manufacturing systems; fuzzy set theory; robotic assembly; scheduling; AHP; ELECTRE; TOPSIS; dynamic scheduling; fuzzy MCDM; fuzzy multicriteria decision-making approach; multiobjective problems; robotic flexible assembly cells; scheduling problems; Decision making; Decision support systems; Dynamic scheduling; Expert systems; Input variables; Optimization; Pragmatics; Fuzzy MCDM; robotic cells; scheduling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058663

Filename

7058663