Title: An approach for optimisation of flexible flow shop group scheduling with sequence dependent set-up time and preventive maintenance

Authors: Ajai Jain; Avichal Jain

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana, 136119, India

Abstract: In the present work, a scheduling approach based on genetic algorithm is developed for flexible flow shop group scheduling with sequence dependent set-up time (SDST) and preventive maintenance for minimisation of makespan performance measure. The present work considers SDST among groups and among part types within a group. The performance of approach is evaluated in two manufacturing environment. Four case studies in each manufacturing environment are taken into consideration. Results indicate that the proposed methodology is able to address the various complexities of group scheduling problem with SDST and preventive maintenance.

Keywords: flexible flow shop scheduling; sequence dependent set-up time; SDST; genetic algorithm; preventive maintenance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAET.2022.119537

International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology, 2022 Vol.16 No.1, pp.40 - 66

Received: 08 Nov 2018
Accepted: 13 Mar 2019
Published online: 09 Dec 2021 *

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