Variability in Modeling the Cyclic Scheduling of an FMC Depending on the Underlying TSP Models

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Autori principali: Guden, Huseyin, Nejad, Mazyar Ghadiri, Kovacs, Gergely, Vizvari, Bela
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author Guden, Huseyin
Nejad, Mazyar Ghadiri
Kovacs, Gergely
Vizvari, Bela
author_facet Guden, Huseyin
Nejad, Mazyar Ghadiri
Kovacs, Gergely
Vizvari, Bela
contents Flexible robotic cells are utilized to produce standardized products at a high speed production rate, and to set up the production floors based on rapid operating environment changes. In FRC, there are a number of computer numerical control machines, an input buffer, an output buffer, and a robot. The input and output buffers contain unprocessed and finished products, respectively, whereas the robot performs the loading and unloading activities and transports the items among buffers and machines. The system repeats a cyclic schedule in its run and the cycle time depends on the order of robot activities. In order to maximize the efficiency of the system, the order of the robot activities yielding the minimum cycle time should be determined. The aim of this research is to find novel exact models to solve this cycling scheduling problem. These types of problems have tight relations with traveling salesman problem. In this study, four main modeling approaches of the TSP, such as Dantzig-Fulkerson-Johnson approach, Miller-Tucker-Zemlin approach, Vajda's n-step approach, and the network flow approach are studied. Only the DFJ approach cannot be adapted to the scheduling problem. The three other approaches are adapted successfully. Similarities and differences are discussed by using several numerical examples.
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spellingShingle Variability in Modeling the Cyclic Scheduling of an FMC Depending on the Underlying TSP Models
Guden, Huseyin
Nejad, Mazyar Ghadiri
Kovacs, Gergely
Vizvari, Bela
Optimization and Control
Flexible robotic cells are utilized to produce standardized products at a high speed production rate, and to set up the production floors based on rapid operating environment changes. In FRC, there are a number of computer numerical control machines, an input buffer, an output buffer, and a robot. The input and output buffers contain unprocessed and finished products, respectively, whereas the robot performs the loading and unloading activities and transports the items among buffers and machines. The system repeats a cyclic schedule in its run and the cycle time depends on the order of robot activities. In order to maximize the efficiency of the system, the order of the robot activities yielding the minimum cycle time should be determined. The aim of this research is to find novel exact models to solve this cycling scheduling problem. These types of problems have tight relations with traveling salesman problem. In this study, four main modeling approaches of the TSP, such as Dantzig-Fulkerson-Johnson approach, Miller-Tucker-Zemlin approach, Vajda's n-step approach, and the network flow approach are studied. Only the DFJ approach cannot be adapted to the scheduling problem. The three other approaches are adapted successfully. Similarities and differences are discussed by using several numerical examples.
title Variability in Modeling the Cyclic Scheduling of an FMC Depending on the Underlying TSP Models
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11088