Article ID: | iaor20001492 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 26 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 297 |
End Page Number: | 312 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1999 |
Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
Authors: | Aneja Y.P., Kamoun H. |
Keywords: | programming: travelling salesman, heuristics |
We consider a scheduling problem arising in a two machine flexible robotic cell that repetitively produces parts of different types. We consider the two decisions that need to be made simultaneously: finding the robot move cycle, and finding the input part sequence. The objective is to maximize the throughput rate of the cell subject to the condition that parts are to be produced in proportion to their demand. The problem can be formulated as a special kind of traveling salesman problem. An O(