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A computational study of hybrid approaches of metaheuristic algorithms for the cell formation problem

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  • Luong Thuan Thanh

    (Institute for Computational Science and Technology at Ho Chi Minh City (ICST), Vietnam)

  • Jacques A Ferland

    (Department of Computer Science and Operations Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada)

  • Bouazza Elbenani

    (Research Laboratory of Informatics, Mohammed V University-Agdal, Morocco)

  • Nguyen Dinh Thuc

    (University of Science, VNU-HCM, Vietnam)

  • Van Hien Nguyen

    (Institute for Computational Science and Technology at Ho Chi Minh City (ICST), Vietnam
    University of Namur, Namur, Belgium)

Abstract

In this paper we solve the 0–1 cell formation problem where the number of cells is fixed a priori and where the objective is to maximize the overall efficiency of a production system by grouping together machines providing service to similar parts into a subsystem (denoted cell). Three different methods are introduced and compared numerically. The first local search method is an implementation of simulated annealing (SA) where the definition of the neighbourhood is specific to the application and requires using a diversification and intensification strategies. The second local search method is an adaptive simulated annealing method where the neighbourhood is selected randomly at each iteration. The procedure is adaptive in the sense that the probability of selecting a neighbourhood is updated during the process. The third method is a hybrid method (HM) of a population-based method and a local search method. To improve the solution obtained with HM, we apply a SA method afterward. The best variants are very efficient to solve the 35 benchmark problems commonly used in the literature.

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  • Luong Thuan Thanh & Jacques A Ferland & Bouazza Elbenani & Nguyen Dinh Thuc & Van Hien Nguyen, 2016. "A computational study of hybrid approaches of metaheuristic algorithms for the cell formation problem," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 67(1), pages 20-36, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:67:y:2016:i:1:p:20-36
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    1. Kuo-Ching Ying & Yi-Ju Tsai, 2017. "Minimising total cost for training and assigning multiskilled workers in production systems," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(10), pages 2978-2989, May.
    2. Hahsler, Michael, 2017. "An experimental comparison of seriation methods for one-mode two-way data," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 257(1), pages 133-143.

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