Simultaneous Scheduling of Machines and Tools Considering Tool Transfer Times in Multimachine FMS Using CSA

摘要

This article addresses simultaneous scheduling of machines and tools considering tool transfer times between machines, to produce best optimal sequences that minimize makespan in a multimachine flexible manufacturing system (FMS). The performance of FMS is expected to improve by effective usage of resources, proper amalgamation and synchronization of their scheduling. Crow search algorithm (CSA) is a potent tool which is a better choice to solve optimization problems like scheduling. The proposed heuristic is tested on various problems with makespan as objective, and the results are compared with results of existing methods. The results show that CSA has outperformed.