Metaheuristics for a Flexible Assembly System Design Problem

Metaheuristics for a Flexible Assembly System Design Problem

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Article ID: iaor20118424
Volume: 3
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 139
End Page Number: 159
Publication Date: Nov 1997
Journal: Journal of Heuristics
Authors: , , , ,
Keywords: optimization: simulated annealing, heuristics: tabu search, production: FMS
Abstract:

Flexibility has become an important priority in the formulation and implementation of manufacturing strategies. This in turn has opened up a new class of design problems for such systems. Flexible assembly systems (FAS), consisting of a variety of processors and operations, provide the opportunity for improving product manufacturing flexibility, hence gaining competitive advantages. This paper considers a particular design decision problem for FAS. A matrix‐based, polynomial‐time lower bound algorithm is presented. Simulated annealing and tabu search metaheuristics are formulated to address the problems. Computational experience with these metaheuristics is reported.

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