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| Author: | Wilson, J. M. |
| Title: | Approaches to machine load balancing in flexible manufacturing systems |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society
1992 : MAY, VOL. 43:5, p. 415-423 |
| Index terms: | MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY PRODUCTION MODELS PRODUCTION SCHEDULING OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The flexible Manufacturing system (FMS) loading problem is to allocate to machines a series of operations and the tools appropriate to perform those operations. The objective of the problem is to balance the workload on all the machines by minimizing the maximum workload on all machines. Previous attempts to tackle this problem have used integer programming and a specialized branch and bound procedure has been developed. A modified integer programming approach is proposed here. The problem has certain features which can be used advantageously for an approximate solution technique. The technique is described and computational results are presented. |
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