A hybrid assembly sequence planning approach based on discrete particle swarm optimization and evolutionary direction operation

Assembly sequence planning (ASP) has always been an important part of the product development process, and ASP problem can usually be understood as to determine the sequence of assembly. A good assembly sequence can reduce the time and cost of the manufacturing process. In view of the local convergence problem with basic discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) in ASP, this paper presents a hybrid algorithm to solve ASP problem. First, a chosen strategy of global optimal particle in DPSO is introduced, and then an improved discrete particle swarm optimization (IDPSO) is proposed for solving ASP problems. Through an example study, the results show that the IDPSO algorithm can obtain the global optimum efficiently, but it converges slowly compared with the basic DPSO. Subsequently, a modified evolutionary direction operator (MEDO) is used to accelerate the convergence rate of IDPSO. The results of the case study show that the new hybrid algorithm MEDO-IDPSO is more efficient for solving ASP problems, with excellent global convergence properties and fast convergence rate.     

An assembly sequence planning approach with a discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm

In this paper, a discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) algorithm is proposed to solve the assembly sequence planning (ASP) problem. To make the DPSO algorithm effective for solving ASP, some key technologies including a special coding method of the position and velocity of particles and corresponding operators for updating the position and velocity of particles are proposed and defined. The evolution performance of the DPSO algorithm with different setting of control parameters is investigated, and the performance of the proposed DPSO algorithm to solve ASP is verified through a case study.     

解决无等待流水车间调度问题的离散粒子群优化算法

针对以生产周期为目标的无等待流水车间调度问题,提出了一种离散粒子群优化算法.研究了无等待流水车间调度问题的快速邻域搜索技术,并将其分别用于加强粒子、个体极值或全体极值的邻域探索能力,得到了三种改进的离散粒子群优化算法.基于典型算例的试验,表明了上述算法的有效性.     

Hybrid discrete particle swarm optimization for multi-objective flexible job-shop scheduling problem

Flexible job-shop problem has been widely addressed in literature. Due to its complexity, it is still under consideration for research. This paper addresses flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) with three objectives to be minimized simultaneously: makespan, maximal machine workload, and total workload. Due to the discrete nature of the FJSP problem, conventional particle swarm optimization (PSO) fails to address this problem and therefore, a variant of PSO for discrete problems is presented. A hybrid discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) and simulated annealing (SA) algorithm is proposed to identify an approximation of the Pareto front for FJSP. In the proposed hybrid algorithm, DPSO is significant for global search and SA is used for local search. Furthermore, Pareto ranking and crowding distance method are incorporated to identify the fitness of particles in the proposed algorithm. The displacement of particles is redefined and a new strategy is presented to retain all non-dominated solutions during iterations. In the presented algorithm, pbest of particles are used to store the fixed number of non-dominated solutions instead of using an external archive. Experiments are performed to identify the performance of the proposed algorithm compared to some famous algorithms in literature. Two benchmark sets are presented to study the efficiency of the proposed algorithm. Computational results indicate that the proposed algorithm is significant in terms of the number and quality of non-dominated solutions compared to other algorithms in the literature.     

A hybrid discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm for the no-wait flow shop scheduling problem with makespan criterion

This paper proposes a novel hybrid discrete particle swarm optimization (HDPSO) algorithm to solve the no-wait flow shop scheduling problems with the criterion to minimize the maximum completion time (makespan). Firstly, a simple approach is presented in the paper to calculate the makespan of a job permutation. Secondly, a speed-up method is proposed to evaluate the similar insert neighborhood solution. Thirdly, a discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) algorithm based on permutation representation and a local search algorithm based on the insert neighborhood are fused to enhance the searching ability and to balance the exploration and exploitation. Then, computational simulation results based on the well-known benchmarks and statistical performance comparisons are provided. It is concluded that the proposed HDPSO algorithm is superior to both the single DPSO algorithm and the existing hybrid particle swarm optimization (HPSO) algorithm from literature in terms of searching quality, robustness and efficiency.     

混合离散蝙蝠算法求解多目标柔性作业车间调度

针对以最大完工时间、生产成本和生产质量为目标的柔性作业车间调度问题,在研究和分析蝙蝠算法的基础上,提出一种混合离散蝙蝠算法。为了提高求解多目标柔性作业车间调度问题的混合离散蝙蝠算法的初始种群质量,在通过分析初始选择的机器与每道工序调度完工时间两者关系的基础上,提出一种优先指派规则策略产生初始种群,提高了算法的全局搜索能力。同时采用位置变异策略来使得算法在较短的时间内尽可能多地搜索到最优位置,有效地避免了算法早熟收敛。在计算问题的目标值上面,首次提出时钟算法。针对具体实例进行测试,试验数据表明,该算法在求解柔性作业车间调度问题上有很好的性能,是一种有效的调度算法,从而为解决这类问题提供了新的途径和方法。     

求解作业车间调度问题的并行模拟退火算法

针对作业车间调度问题,提出了一种并行模拟退火算法。该算法实行群体搜索策略,由此定义了邻域搜索规则来增强个体的搜索能力,并运用马尔科夫链分析了算法的全局收敛性。该算法在一些基准问题上得到了检验,通过与其他常规方法的比较,证明此算法可提高搜索效率,改进收敛性能。     

自适应遗传算法求解模糊作业车间调度问题

研究模糊作业车间调度问题(FJSSP),用三角模糊数表示模糊加工时间,用半梯形模糊数表示模糊交货期,以最大化最小客户满意度为调度目标,建立了模糊环境下Job-shop调度问题的模型。提出了一种自适应遗传算法,该算法采用基于优先列表的编码方式,提高了编码效率;在进化过程中对种群采用精英保留策略,确保最优个体不被破坏;并对自适应交叉变异算子进行了改进,使种群最优个体参与进化。仿真结果证明所提算法在寻优能力及收敛性能方面均有所改善。     

基于粒子群算法的并行多机调度问题研究

将港口拖轮作业调度问题描述为一类带特殊工艺约束的并行多机调度问题,采用粒子群算法求解该类调度问题,提出了一种2维粒子表示方法,通过对粒子位置向量进行排序生成有效调度,并采用粒子位置向量多次交换的局部搜索方法来提高算法的搜索效率。最后,通过计算验证了混合粒子群算法的有效性。     

基于阻尼粒子群优化的地磁场测量误差补偿

针对三轴磁力仪在磁场测量过程中的磁干扰问题,提出了基于阻尼粒子群优化算法的磁测误差补偿方法。建立了磁力仪误差和载体磁干扰的一体化误差补偿模型,分别采用阻尼粒子群算法和Two-step方法对非线性观测模型进行参数估计。以质子磁力仪数据作为真值,借助无磁转台充分连续采样,实验结果显示,阻尼粒子群算法对于磁场测量误差具有良好的抑制作用。补偿后,由阻尼粒子群算法和Two-step方法得到的均方根误差分别由1 025.7降至60.304 4、581 n T。结果表明,阻尼粒子群算法取得了更好的补偿效果,补偿精度提高了至少一个数量级,为磁场测量误差提供了一种非常有效的补偿方法。     

可重构装配线多目标优化调度研究

针对可重构装配线调度存在的问题,综合考虑影响可重构装配线调度的三个主要因素,即最小化空闲和未完工作业量、均衡零部件的使用速率、最小化装配线重构成本,建立了可重构装配线多目标优化调度的数学模型。提出了一种基于Pareto多目标遗传算法的可重构装配线优化调度方法,该算法综合运用了群体排序技术、小生境技术、Pareto解集过滤及精英保留策略,并采用了交叉概率和变异概率的自适应重构策略。实例仿真表明该算法具有比其他遗传算法更高的求解质量。

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带准备时间的柔性流水车间多序列有限缓冲区排产优化问题

针对带准备时间的柔性流水车间多序列有限缓冲区排产优化问题,提出一种改进的紧致遗传算法（Improved compactgenetic algorithm,ICGA）与局部指派规则结合的方法来解决该问题。全局优化过程采用改进的紧致遗传算法,为了克服紧致遗传算法（Compact genetic algorithm,CGA）易早熟收敛的问题,提出一种基于高斯映射的概率模型更新方式,在保持紧致遗传算法快速收敛特性的前提下,扩展了种群中个体的多样性,增强了算法进化活力。为减少生产阻塞和降低准备时间对排产过程的影响,设计了多种局部启发式规则来指导工件进出多序列有限缓冲区的分配和选择过程。采用某客车制造企业中的实例数据进行测试,测试结果表明,改进的紧致遗传算法与局部指派规则配合使用,能够有效解决带准备时间的柔性流水车间多序列有限缓冲区排产优化问题。     

Novel Discrete Particle Swarm Optimization Based on Huge Value Penalty for Solving Engineering Problem

For the purpose of solving the engineering constrained discrete optimization problem, a novel discrete particle swarm optimization(DPSO) is proposed. The proposed novel DPSO is based on the idea of normal particle swarm optimization(PSO), but deals with the variables as discrete type, the discrete optimum solution is found through updating the location of discrete variable. To avoid long calculation time and improve the efficiency of algorithm, scheme of constraint level and huge value penalty are proposed to deal with the constraints, the stratagem of reproducing the new particles and best keeping model of particle are employed to increase the diversity of particles. The validity of the proposed DPSO is examined by benchmark numerical examples, the results show that the novel DPSO has great advantages over current algorithm. The optimum designs of the 100-1 500 mm bellows under 0.25 MPa are fulfilled by DPSO. Comparing the optimization results with the bellows in-service, optimization results by discrete penalty particle swarm optimization(DPPSO) and theory solution, the comparison result shows that the global discrete optima of bellows are obtained by proposed DPSO, and confirms that the proposed novel DPSO and schemes can be used to solve the engineering constrained discrete problem successfully.     

改进遗传算法求解柔性作业车间调度问题

分析柔性作业车间调度问题的特点,提出一种求解该问题的改进遗传算法。在考虑各个机器负荷平衡,所有机器上的总负荷和最大完工时间等性能指标更加合理情况下,设计一种全局搜索、局部搜索和随机产生相结合的初始化方法,提高种群初始解的质量,加快遗传算法的收敛速度。结合问题特点设计合理的染色体编码方式、交叉算子和变异算子,防止遗传操作过程中非法解的产生,避免染色体的修复,提高求解效率。使用文献中相同的实例测试利用初始化方法的改进遗传算法,并将计算结果与文献中其他遗传算法的测试结果进行比较,验证所提出的初始化方法的可行性和有效性。     

A particle swarm optimization algorithm with neighborhood-based mutation for sequence-dependent disassembly line balancing problem

For environmentally conscious and sustainable manufacturing, manufacturers need to incorporate product recovery by designing manufacturing systems to include reverse manufacturing by considering both assembly and disassembly systems. Just as the assembly line is considered the most efficient way to assemble a product, the disassembly line is seen to be the most efficient way to disassemble a product. While having some similarities to assembly, disassembly is not the reverse of the assembly process. The challenge lies in the fact that it possesses unique characteristics. In this paper, we consider a sequence-dependent disassembly line balancing problem (SDDLBP) that is concerned with the assignment of disassembly tasks to a set of ordered disassembly workstations while satisfying the disassembly precedence constraints and optimizing the effectiveness of several measures considering sequence-dependent part removal time increments. SDDLBP is not a trivial problem since it is proven to be NP-complete. Further complications occur by considering multiple objectives including environmental and economic goals that are often contradictory. Therefore, it is essential that an efficient methodology be developed. A new approach based on the particle swarm optimization algorithm with a neighborhood-based mutation operator is proposed to solve the SDDLBP. Case scenarios are considered, and comparisons with ant colony optimization, river formation dynamics, and tabu search approaches are provided to demonstrate the superior functionality of the proposed algorithm.     

Assembly line balancing based on an adaptive genetic algorithm

An adaptive genetic algorithm is presented as an intelligent algorithm for the assembly line balancing in this paper. The probability of crossover and mutation is dynamically adjusted according to the individual’s fitness value. The individuals with higher fitness values are assigned to lower probabilities of genetic operator, and vice versa. Compared with the traditional heuristic algorithms, the adaptive genetic algorithm has effective convergence and efficient computation speed. The computational results demonstrate that the proposed adaptive genetic algorithm is an effective algorithm to deal with the assembly line balancing to obtain a smoother line.     

An effective hybrid particle swarm optimization for no-wait flow shop scheduling

The no-wait flow shop scheduling that requires jobs to be processed without interruption between consecutive machines is a typical NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem, and represents an important area in production scheduling. This paper proposes an effective hybrid algorithm based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) for no-wait flow shop scheduling with the criterion to minimize the maximum completion time (makespan). In the algorithm, a novel encoding scheme based on random key representation is developed, and an efficient population initialization, an effective local search based on the Nawaz-Enscore-Ham (NEH) heuristic, as well as a local search based on simulated annealing (SA) with an adaptive meta-Lamarckian learning strategy are proposed and incorporated into PSO. Simulation results based on well-known benchmarks and comparisons with some existing algorithms demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed hybrid algorithm.     

No-idle permutation flow shop scheduling based on a hybrid discrete particle swarm optimization algorithm

A novel hybrid discrete particle swarm optimization (HDPSO) algorithm is proposed in this paper to solve the no-idle permutation flow shop scheduling problems with the criterion to minimize the maximum completion time (makespan). Firstly, two simple approaches are presented to calculate the makespan of a job permutation. Secondly, a speed-up method is proposed to evaluate the whole insert neighborhood of a job permutation with (n?1)² neighbors in time O(mn ²), where n and m denote the number of jobs and machines, respectively. Thirdly, a discrete particle swarm optimization (DPSO) algorithm based on permutation representation and a local search algorithm based on the insert neighborhood are fused to enhance the searching ability and to balance the exploration and exploitation. Then, computational simulation results based on the well-known benchmarks and statistical performance comparisons are provided. It is concluded that the proposed HDPSO algorithm is not only superior to two recently published heuristics, the improved greedy (IG) heuristic and Kalczynski–Kamburowski (KK) heuristic, in terms of searching quality, but also superior to the single DPSO algorithm and the PSO algorithm with variable neighborhood search (PSOvns) in terms of searching quality, robustness and efficiency.     

基于粒子群优化的开放式车间调度

开放式车间调度(OSP)是重要的调度问题,它在制造领域中的应用非常广泛。优化调度算法是调度理论的重要研究内容。基于人工智能的元启发式算法是解决该问题的常用方法。分析了一种新的元启发式算法——粒子群优化(PSO)在信息共享机制上的缺陷,提出新的基于群体智能的信息共享机制。在该信息共享机制的基础上, 设计新的基于PSO的元启发式调度算法——PSO-OSP。该算法利用问题的邻域知识指导局部搜索,可克服元启发式算法随机性引起的盲目搜索。该算法应用于开放式车间调度问题的标准测试实例。仿真结果显示,PSO-OSP算法在加快收敛速度的同时提高了开放式车间调度解的质量。