Abstract
This paper addresses the robotic scheduling problem in blocking hybrid flow shop cells that consider multiple part-types, different speed parallel machines at each stage, machine eligibility constraints and a single transportation robot to move the parts between stages. Initially, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model is proposed to minimise the makespan. Due to the complexity of the model, a simulated annealing (SA)-based solution approach is developed to solve the problem. This approach uses both simple insertion method and a new neighbourhood structure based on block properties while generating neighbour solutions, which yields two different SA algorithms respectively. The performance of proposed SA approach is assessed over a set of randomly generated instances. The computational results demonstrate that the SA algorithm is effective with the employed neighbourhood structure for this problem.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1144-1159 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Jan 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Blocking
- Hybrid flow shop
- robotic cell
- Simulated annealing
- Single robot