Title
Heuristics for determining economic processing rates in a flexible manufacturing system
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2-15-2001
Abstract
In this paper, models are presented for determining economic processing speeds and tool loading to minimize the makespan required to produce a given set of parts in a flexible manufacturing system. Using Taylor's tool life equation, models for determining the optimal processing speeds and the tools to be loaded into finite capacity machine magazines are formulated to minimize the maximum processing time in the system. These problems are evaluated for computational complexity, and several heuristics for obtaining good feasible solutions to the problem are discussed. The quality of the solutions obtained using these heuristics is evaluated by computational experiments against lower bounds established by either relaxations or optimal solutions when possible.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
European Journal of Operational Research
Volume
129
Issue
1
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Sodhi, Manbir S., Bernard F. Lamond, Antoine Gautier, and Martin Noël. "Heuristics for determining economic processing rates in a flexible manufacturing system." European Journal of Operational Research 129, 1 (2001): 105-115. doi: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00414-2.