Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation Capacity

The real-life assembly production often has transportation between fabrication and assembly, and the capacity of transportation machine is often considered; however, the previous works are mainly about two-stage distributed assembly scheduling problems. In this study, a distributed energy-efficient...

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Main Authors: Deming Lei, Jinlin Li
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Symmetry
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description The real-life assembly production often has transportation between fabrication and assembly, and the capacity of transportation machine is often considered; however, the previous works are mainly about two-stage distributed assembly scheduling problems. In this study, a distributed energy-efficient assembly scheduling problem (DEASP) with transportation capacity is investigated, in which dedicated parallel machines with symmetry under the given conditions, transportation machines and an assembly machine are used. An adaptive imperialist competitive algorithm (AICA) is proposed to minimize makespan and total energy consumption. A heuristic and an energy-saving rule are used to produce initial solutions. An adaptive assimilation with adaptive global search and an adaptive revolution are implemented, in which neighborhood structures are chosen dynamically, and revolution probability and search times are decided by using the solution quality. The features of the problem are also used effectively. Computational experiments are conducted on a number of instances. The computational results demonstrate that the new strategies of AICA are effective and efficient and AICA can provide promising results for the considered DEASP.
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spelling doaj.art-498bddb814dc407d9f5da9f2ff6541282023-11-24T07:06:54ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942022-10-011411222510.3390/sym14112225Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation CapacityDeming Lei0Jinlin Li1School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430062, ChinaSchool of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430062, ChinaThe real-life assembly production often has transportation between fabrication and assembly, and the capacity of transportation machine is often considered; however, the previous works are mainly about two-stage distributed assembly scheduling problems. In this study, a distributed energy-efficient assembly scheduling problem (DEASP) with transportation capacity is investigated, in which dedicated parallel machines with symmetry under the given conditions, transportation machines and an assembly machine are used. An adaptive imperialist competitive algorithm (AICA) is proposed to minimize makespan and total energy consumption. A heuristic and an energy-saving rule are used to produce initial solutions. An adaptive assimilation with adaptive global search and an adaptive revolution are implemented, in which neighborhood structures are chosen dynamically, and revolution probability and search times are decided by using the solution quality. The features of the problem are also used effectively. Computational experiments are conducted on a number of instances. The computational results demonstrate that the new strategies of AICA are effective and efficient and AICA can provide promising results for the considered DEASP.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/11/2225schedulingassemblymeta-heuristicimperialist competitive algorithmenergy consumption
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Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation Capacity
Symmetry
scheduling
assembly
meta-heuristic
imperialist competitive algorithm
energy consumption
title Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation Capacity
title_full Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation Capacity
title_fullStr Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation Capacity
title_full_unstemmed Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation Capacity
title_short Distributed Energy-Efficient Assembly Scheduling Problem with Transportation Capacity
title_sort distributed energy efficient assembly scheduling problem with transportation capacity
topic scheduling
assembly
meta-heuristic
imperialist competitive algorithm
energy consumption
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/14/11/2225
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