Date of Award
2009
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.Sc.
Department
Mechanical, Automotive, and Materials Engineering
Keywords
Engineering, Industrial.
Supervisor
Lashkari, R.S. (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Abstract
Note: appendices for this title available . This thesis proposes a multi-objective, mixed integer, non-linear programming model of cellular manufacturing systems (CMS) design to maximize the system reliability and minimize the total system cost simultaneously. The model involves multiple machine types, multiple machines for each machine type, multiple part types, and alternative process routes for each part type. Each process route consists of a sequence of operations. System reliability associated with machines along process routes can be improved by increasing the number of parallel machines subject to acceptable cost. Assuming machine reliability to follow a lognormal distribution, the CMS design problem is to optimally decide the number of each machine type, assign machines to cells, and select, for each part type, the process route with the highest overall system reliability while minimizing the total cost. Genetic algorithm is applied to solve this practical-sized CMS design problem. It finds a heuristic solution within a reasonable computational time.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Xiao, "Reliability Consideration in the Design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems using Genetic Algorithm" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 215.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/215