This paper addresses two NP-hard and strongly related problems in production planning of
flexible manufacturing system (FMS), part type selection problem and machine loading …

This paper addresses optimization of the integrated part type selection problem and
machine loading problem that are considered as NP-hard problems in production planning …

Two NP-hard and strongly related problems in flexible manufacturing system (FMS), part
type selection problem and loading problem, are addressed in this paper. Various …

This paper addresses the multi-period part type selection and machine loading problems in
flexible manufacturing system (FMS) with the objective of maximizing system throughput and …

Production planning is the foremost task for manufacturing firms to deal with, especially
adopting Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) as the manufacturing strategy for production …

Flexible manufacturing system (FMS) promises a wide range of manufacturing benefits in
terms of flexibility and productivity. These benefits are targeted by efficient production …

The article discusses the problem of developing a genetic representation for solving
optimization problems by means of genetic algorithms. Traditionally, a genotype …

Manufacturing industries are facing fierce challenges in handling product competitiveness,
shorter product cycle time and product varieties. The situation demands a need to improve …

The machine loading (ML) problem of flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) has been
recognized as one of the most important planning problems in industry. This study aims to …

One of the major drawback of Genetic Algorithm (GA) based solutions to many optimization
problems is the difficulty to obtain convergence to an optimal solution. One of the possible …