Cast Batch Planning for Steelmaking and Continuous Casting Based on Ant Colony Algorithm

Author

Pan, Li ; Yu, Shengping ; Zheng, Binglin ; Chai, Tianyou

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Process Ind. Autom. of Minist. of Educ., Northeastern Univ., Shenyang, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

29-31 Oct. 2010

Firstpage

244

Lastpage

247

Abstract

A multi-objective 0-1 integer programming model is established in order to solve the complex problem of cast batch planning for steelmaking and continuous casting which is considered as vehicle routing problem. To solve the complex multi-constrained, multi-objective cast batch planning model for steelmaking and continuous casting, a method is proposed which combines rules with ant colony algorithm. The algorithm is tested by online data. Results show that the proposed algorithm can quickly workout the optimal cast batch planning for steelmaking and continuous casting, and can lay the firm groundwork for application to production process in the future.

Keywords

batch processing (industrial); casting; integer programming; production planning; steel manufacture; ant colony algorithm; cast batch planning; continuous casting; multiobjective integer programming; production process; steelmaking; vehicle routing problem; ant colony algorithm; batch planning; cast; steelmaking and continuous casting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computational Intelligence and Design (ISCID), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8094-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCID.2010.152

Filename

5692778