Article ID: | iaor20031863 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 143 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 218 |
End Page Number: | 229 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2002 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Price Wilson L., Gravel Marc, Gagn Caroline |
Keywords: | decision theory: multiple criteria, heuristics |
This paper presents an ant colony optimization metaheuristic for the solution of an industrial scheduling problem in an aluminum casting center. We present an efficient representation of a continuous horizontal casting process which takes account of a number of objectives that are important to the scheduler. We have incorporated the methods proposed in software that has been implemented in the plant.