Generation of optimum sequence of operations using ant colony algorithm
by D. Sreeramulu; Sudeep Kumar Singh; C.S.P. Rao
International Journal of Advanced Operations Management (IJAOM), Vol. 4, No. 4, 2012

Abstract: Computer-aided process planning (CAPP) forms an important interface between computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). It is concerned with determining the sequence of individual manufacturing operations required to produce a product as per technical specifications given in the part drawing. In this paper the process planning is modelled as a combinatorial optimisation problem with constraints, and an ant colony optimisation (ACO) approach has been used to solve it. This is a newly developed metaheuristic algorithm used as a global search technique for the quick identification of the optimal operations sequence by considering various feasibility constraints.

Online publication date: Mon, 11-Aug-2014

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