Evolutionary approaches to the linear machine layout problem

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 13, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 1245-1250

  Mohagheghi, Salman ^a   Georgoulas, George ^b   Stylios, Chrystostomos ^c   Groumpos, Peter ^d  

^a ABB INC   (United States)

^b TEI of Ionian Islands ^*  (Greece)

^c Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

^d Dept of Electrical and Computer Eng   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ant Colony Optimization; Flexible Manufacturing Systems; Genetic Algorithms; Particle Swarm Optimization

Indexed keywords

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

COMBINATORIAL PROBLEM; EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY METHOD; FEASIBLE SOLUTION SPACES; LINEAR MACHINE LAYOUT PROBLEM; MULTI-PRODUCTS; NEAR-OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SINGLE-ROW LAYOUT;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79960921095     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20090603-3-RU-2001.0390     Document Type: Conference Paper

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