《Simultaneous scheduling of machines and automated guided vehicles in flexible manufacturing systems using genetic algorithms》.pdfVIP

10.1007/s11771-011-0863-7 Simultaneousschedulingofmachinesandautomatedguidedvehiclesin flexiblemanufacturingsystemsusinggeneticalgorithms I.A.ChaudhryS.MahmoodM.Shami NationalUniversityofSciencesTechnology(NUST),Islamabad,PAKISTAN Abstract:Theproblemofsimultaneousschedulingofmachinesandvehiclesinflexiblemanufacturingsystem(FMS)wasaddressed. Aspreadsheetbasedgeneticalgorithm(GA)approachwaspresentedtosolvetheproblem.Adomainindependentgeneralpurpose GAwasused,whichwasanadd-intothespreadsheetsoftware.Ana