An ant colony optimization–based approach for a single-product flow-line reconfigurable manufacturing systems
An ant colony optimization–based approach for a single-product flow-line reconfigurable manufacturing systems
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10.1177/0954405415585260
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2017-05
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M. Maniraj;V. Pakkirisamy;R. Jeyapaul
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作者：
M. Maniraj;V. Pakkirisamy;R. Jeyapaul
可重构制造系统以其定制化的灵活性专注于零件族产品。可重构制造系统的特点有助于系统的快速变更和产品的高性价比制造。可重构制造系统既可以通过改变布局、机器和物料搬运装置进行物理上的修改，也可以通过改变路线、进度、计划等进行逻辑上的修改，与其他制造系统相比，可重构制造系统易于实施。本文利用蚁群优化方法研究了单产品流水线可重构制造系统的配置选择问题。第一阶段采用基于优先级的编码技术寻找可行的操作集群，第二阶段采用蚁群优化技术使可重构制造系统的资金成本最小化。在MATLAB软件中开发了一个工具箱，并对该方法进行了实例分析。通过在考虑最小资本成本的情况下找到10个最佳配置来验证该方法。软件推导出的收敛曲线也对结果提供了支持。
Reconfigurable manufacturing systems focus on part family products with its customized flexibility. The characteristics of reconfigurable manufacturing systems help in rapid change of system and cost-effective manufacturing of products. Reconfigurable manufacturing systems can be modified both physically by changing layout, machines and material handling devices and logically by changing route, schedule, planning and so on, which is easy for implementation in reconfigurable manufacturing systems compare to other manufacturing systems. This article aims at configuration selection of a single-product flow-line reconfigurable manufacturing systems using ant colony optimization approach consisting of two phases. In the first phase, priority-based encoding technique is used to find feasible operation clusters, and the second phase uses ant colony optimization technique for minimizing the capital cost of the reconfigurable manufacturing systems. A case study is illustrated with the proposed approach by developing a tool box in MATLAB software. The approach is validated by finding 10-best configurations with the consideration of minimum capital cost. The results are also supported by convergence curve derived by the software.