Genetic algorithm for optimization of inspection stations allocation in multi-product manufacturing systems

Author

Korytkowski, Przemyslaw ; Malachowski, Bartlomiej ; Wisniewski, Tomasz

Author_Institution

West Pomeranian Univ. of Technol. in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland

fYear

2009

fDate

6-9 July 2009

Firstpage

560

Lastpage

565

Abstract

This paper studies multi-product production manufacturing systems with in-line quality control. Quality control is carried on inspection stations placed at some work stations with in the production line. The quality control have an impact on performance of the system: throughput is decreasing and resource utilization is increasing. The production lines here are modeled as a multi-product open Jackson network where stochastic character of routing is a result of quality control operations. Quality inspection can result in feedback to a work station of the manufacturing system. A genetic algorithm is applied to find an optimal configuration of a system.

Keywords

genetic algorithms; inspection; manufacturing systems; quality control; resource allocation; stochastic processes; genetic algorithm; in-line quality control; inspection station allocation; multiproduct production manufacturing system; open Jackson network; optimization; production line; resource utilization; stochastic process; Feedback; Genetic algorithms; Inspection; Manufacturing systems; Production systems; Quality control; Resource management; Routing; Stochastic processes; Throughput; genetic algorithm; inspection stations allocation; queuing network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2009. CIE 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Troyes

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4135-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4136-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCIE.2009.5223768

Filename

5223768