A hybrid algorithm optimization approach for machine loading problem in flexible manufacturing system

Journal of Industrial Engineering International

دوره 8، شماره 1، فروردین 2012   

نویسندگان

Vijay M Kumar^{* 1}؛ ANN Murthy²؛ K Chandrashekara³

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore, 560 060, India

²JSS Academy of Technical Education, Bangalore, 560 060, India

³Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, 570 006, India

چکیده

The production planning problem of flexible manufacturing system (FMS) concerns with decisions that have to be made before an FMS begins to produce parts according to a given production plan during an upcoming planning horizon. The main aspect of production planning deals with machine loading problem in which selection of a subset of jobs to be manufactured and assignment of their operations to the relevant machines are made. Such problems are not only combinatorial optimization problems, but also happen to be non-deterministic polynomial-time-hard, making it difficult to obtain satisfactory solutions using traditional optimization techniques. In this paper, an attempt has been made to address the machine loading problem with objectives of minimization of system unbalance and maximization of throughput simultaneously while satisfying the system constraints related to available machining time and tool slot designing and using a meta-hybrid heuristic technique based on genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization. The results reported in this paper demonstrate the model efficiency and examine the performance of the system with respect to measures such as throughput and system utilization.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Flexible manufacturing system؛ Production planning؛ Loading؛ Hybrid algorithm optimization