Cyclic scheduling in robotic flowshops
Fully automated production cells consisting of flexible machines and a material handling
robot have become commonplace in contemporary manufacturing systems. Much research …
robot have become commonplace in contemporary manufacturing systems. Much research …
A survey of scheduling problems with setup times or costs
The first comprehensive survey paper on scheduling problems with separate setup times or
costs was conducted by [Allahverdi, A., Gupta, JND, Aldowaisan, T., 1999. A review of …
costs was conducted by [Allahverdi, A., Gupta, JND, Aldowaisan, T., 1999. A review of …
The significance of reducing setup times/setup costs
A Allahverdi, HM Soroush - European Journal of Operational Research, 2008 - Elsevier
Scheduling with setup times or setup costs plays a crucial role in todays modern
manufacturing and service environments where reliable products/services are to be …
manufacturing and service environments where reliable products/services are to be …
Multi-degree cyclic flow shop robotic cell scheduling problem: Ant colony optimization
A Elmi, S Topaloglu - Computers & operations research, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the multi-degree cyclic robotic flow shop cell scheduling problem with
multiple robots. All the parts are processed successively through the machines with standard …
multiple robots. All the parts are processed successively through the machines with standard …
A new cuckoo search algorithm for 2-machine robotic cell scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times
A Majumder, D Laha - Swarm and evolutionary computation, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper addresses the problem of 2-machine robotic cell scheduling of one-unit cycle with
sequence-dependent setup times and different loading/unloading times of the parts. As an …
sequence-dependent setup times and different loading/unloading times of the parts. As an …
Production in a two-machine flowshop scheduling environment with uncertain processing and setup times to minimize makespan
A wide range of uncertainties exists in some real-world production environments which
result in uncertain setup and/or processing times. Factors such as crew skills, shortages in …
result in uncertain setup and/or processing times. Factors such as crew skills, shortages in …
Cyclic job shop robotic cell scheduling problem: Ant colony optimization
A Elmi, S Topaloglu - Computers & industrial engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the cyclic job shop robotic cell scheduling problem with multiple
robots. All the jobs are processed in order of their operations on multiple machines with …
robots. All the jobs are processed in order of their operations on multiple machines with …
Multi-degree cyclic scheduling of two robots in a no-wait flowshop
A Che, C Chu - IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses multi-degree cyclic scheduling of two robots in a no-wait flowshop,
where exactly r (r> 1) identical parts with constant processing times enter and leave the …
where exactly r (r> 1) identical parts with constant processing times enter and leave the …
[PDF][PDF] Cyclic scheduling in robotic cells: an extension of basic models in machine scheduling theory
There is a growing interest on cyclic scheduling problems both in the scheduling literature
and among practitioners in the industrial world. There are numerous examples of …
and among practitioners in the industrial world. There are numerous examples of …
Cycle time analysis in reentrant robotic cells with swap ability
In this paper, reentrant robotic cells composed of a robot with swap ability for a single part
type is studied. In this regard, we restrict our attention to the two-machine reentrant cell …
type is studied. In this regard, we restrict our attention to the two-machine reentrant cell …