Title :
Simulated annealing approach to machine loading problem in flexible assembly systems
Author :
Sharma, Shashi M. ; Viswanadham, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Autom., Indian Inst. of Sci., Bangalore, India
Abstract :
Flexible assembly systems (FAS) have attracted considerable interest in the area of manufacturing automation and promises to be very efficient approach for producing small and medium sized batches of products. A very important problem which affects the performance of FAS is machine loading problem. In this paper we model machine loading problem as nonlinear integer optimization problem and develop a simulated annealing algorithm to solve the problem
Keywords :
assembling; flexible manufacturing systems; integer programming; nonlinear programming; production control; simulated annealing; flexible assembly systems; machine loading; nonlinear integer optimization problem; simulated annealing algorithm; Assembly systems; Birth disorders; Computer numerical control; Computer science; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing automation; Materials handling; Simulated annealing; Transportation; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1996. Proceedings., 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2988-0
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1996.509223
