International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications (IJISA)
IJISA Vol. 6, No. 3, 8 Feb. 2014
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Energy Resource Management of Assembly Line Balancing Problem using Modified Current Search Method
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Author(s)
Supaporn Suwannarongsri
1,*
Tika Bunnag
1
Waraporn Klinbun
1
Index Terms
Metaheuristics, Adaptive Current Search, Tabu Search, Assembly Line Balancing, Energy Resource Management
Abstract
This paper aims to apply a modified current search method, adaptive current search (ACS), for assembly line balancing problems. The ACS algorithm possesses the memory list (ML) to escape from local entrapment and the adaptive radius (AR) mechanism to speed up the search process. The ACS is tested against five benchmark unconstrained and three constrained optimization problems compared with genetic algorithm (GA), tabu search (TS) and current search (CS). As results, the ACS outperforms other algorithms and provides superior results. The ACS is used to address the number of tasks assigned for each workstation, while the heuristic sequencing (HS) technique is conducted to assign the sequence of tasks for each workstation according to precedence constraints. The workload variance and the idle time are performed as the multiple-objective functions. The proposed approach is tested against four benchmark ALB problems compared with the GA, TS and CS. As results, the ACS associated with the HS technique is capable of producing solutions superior to other techniques. In addition, the ACS is an alternative potential algorithm to solve other optimization problems.
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Supaporn Suwannarongsri, Tika Bunnag, Waraporn Klinbun, "Energy Resource Management of Assembly Line Balancing Problem using Modified Current Search Method", International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications(IJISA), vol.6, no.3, pp.1-11, 2014. DOI:10.5815/ijisa.2014.03.01
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