An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Sequence Coordination in Furniture Production

  • Authors:
  • Carlo Meloni

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • SAGA '01 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

In the material flow of a plant, parts are grouped in batches, each having as attributes the shape and the color. In both departments, a changeover occurs when the attribute of a new part changes. The problem consists in finding a common sequence of batches optimizing an overall utility index. A metaheuristic approach is presented which allows to solve a set of real-life instances and performs satisfactorily on a large sample of experimental data.