An enhanced ant colony optimization approach for integrating process planning and scheduling based on multi-agent system

Process planning and scheduling are two important manufacturing planning functions which are traditionally performed separately and sequentially. Usually, the process plan has to be prepared first before scheduling can be performed. However, due to the complexity of manufacturing systems and the un...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang, Sicheng., 张思成.
Other Authors: Wong, TN
Language:English
Published: The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10722/180985