Adam–Eve-like genetic algorithm: a methodology for optimal design of a simple flexible assembly system

✍ Scribed by S.Alireza Feyzbakhsh; Masayuki Matsui

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 248 KB
• Volume: 36
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0360-8352
• DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(99)00131-x

✦ Synopsis

The assembly process is an essential part of the total manufacturing process in today's manufacturing system. The simple Flexible Assembly System (FAS) which is proposed in this article includes a set of Removal Item Case (RIC) of Generalized CSPS workstations. Since there are numerous system parameters and variables with considerable interaction, the optimal design of the system seems to be a complex task. An Adam±Eve-like GA was introduced and proposed in order to design the simple FAS. Taking a hint from nature, the proposed method has some special characteristics which distinguish it from others. A comparison between the Adam±Eve-like GA and traditional GAs was conducted. Based on the results from an optimization standpoint, the Adam±Eve-like GA seems to produce reasonable engineering results in an inherently dicult area where few other techniques are available. Findings suggest that it may be bene®cial to apply the Adam±Eve-like GA to other dicult optimization problems.