Artificial bee colony algorithm for CONWIP production control system in a multi-product multi-machine manufacturing environment

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1145-1156

  Ajorlou, Saeede ^a   Shams, Issac ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial bee colony; CONWIP; Production control system

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONIES; ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL BEE COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; CONWIP; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; SERIAL PRODUCTION LINE; WORK-IN-PROCESS INVENTORY;

CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84888642008     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-012-0646-5     Document Type: Article

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