Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) are distinguished by the use of computer control in
place of the hard automation usually found in transfer lines. The high investment required for …

Global competition, advancements in technology and ever changing customers' demand
have made the manufacturing companies to realize the importance of flexible manufacturing …

Machine-loading problem of a flexible manufacturing system is known for its complexity. This
problem encompasses various types of flexibility aspects pertaining to part selection and …

In this paper, a novel approach using an efficient multi-objective genetic algorithm EMOGA
is proposed to solve the problems of production planning of flexible manufacturing systems …

The decision-making process for machine-tool selection and operation allocation in a
flexible manufacturing system (FMS) usually involves multiple conflicting objectives. Thus, a …

Loading in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) is affected by the characteristics of the
FMS under analysis, by the type of plant where the FMS is introduced, and by the production …

Fuzzy set theory has been widely accepted in modelling of some of the vague phenomena
and relationships that are non-stochastic in nature. The problem of machine-tool selection …

In this paper the problem of FMS machine loading is considered with the objective of
minimizing the system imbalance using a simulated annealing (SA) approach. New job …

Abstract Flexible Manufacturing Systems (s)(FMS) have already proved their great success
in a large number of manufacturing industries. Realising the importance of FMS in …

The next generation manufacturing system is conceived to be intelligent enough to take
decisions and automatically adjust itself to situations such as variations in production …