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Scheduling in robotic cells with time window constraints

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  • Wassim Zahrouni
  • Hichem Kamoun

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This paper addresses the cyclic scheduling problem arising in two and three-machine robotic cells with time window constraints where multiple part-types are produced. Due to its complexity, very few studies have tackled the problem. Previous researches were generally limited to single or at most to two part-types where the associated part sequencing problem vanishes since the production is cyclic. We proved that the two-machine problem could be apprehended as a travelling salesman problem. For the three-machine case, we proposed a heuristic aimed at finding the sequence of robot activities and the sequence of parts that jointly minimises the cycle time in a special class of cycles. A lower bound is also provided, and computational results are reported. [Received: 18 October 2018; Revised: 22 January 2020; Accepted: 14 March 2020]

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  • Wassim Zahrouni & Hichem Kamoun, 2021. "Scheduling in robotic cells with time window constraints," European Journal of Industrial Engineering, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 15(2), pages 206-225.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:eujine:v:15:y:2021:i:2:p:206-225
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