The optimisation of a printed circuit board assembly line is mainly influenced by the
constraints of the surface mount device (SMD) placement machine and the characteristics of …

Most of the discrete optimization techniques based on evolutionary computing did not
deploy and involve the actual geometrical structure of objective function in the process of …

The sequencing of placement and the configuration of the feeder is among the main
problems involved in printed circuit board (PCB) assembly optimization. In some machine …

This article surveys research on the single surface mount device (SMD) placement machine
optimisation problem. We classify the optimisation problem into five sub-problems: feeder …

In this study we undertake the optimization of chip shooter component placement machines
which became popular in assembling printed circuit boards (PCB) in recent years. A PCB is …

The objective of precedence-constrained sequencing problem (PCSP) is to locate the
optimal sequence with the shortest traveling time among all feasible sequences. Various …

In this paper we propose a genetic algorithm (GA) approach based on a topological sort (TS)-
based representation procedure for effectively solving precedence-constrained sequencing …

In this study, we first introduce a new application of the asymmetric traveling salesman
problem which is about a small restaurant with one cook and a single stove. Once a meal …

TSP is a well-known combinatorial optimization problem with several practical applications.
It is an NP-hard problem, which means that the optimal solution for huge numbers of …

Optimization issues regarding the automated assembly of printed circuit boards attracted the
interest of researchers for several decades. This is because even small gains in assembly …