An ant colony system for routing in PCB holes drilling process

• Main Authors: Ibrahim, Zuwairie, Zainal Abidin, Amar Faiz, Adam, Asrul, Mukred, Jameel, Khalil, Kamal, Saealal, Muhammad Salihin, Nordin, Nur Anis, Md. Yusof, Zulkifli
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/45551/; https://www.academia.edu/1050195/An_Ant_Colony_System_for_Routing_in_PCB_Holes_Drilling_Process
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Most electronic manufacturing industries use computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines for drilling holes on printed circuit board (PCB). Some machines do not choose the optimal route when completing their tasks. Hence, this paper proposes an approach, which is based on ant colony system (ACS), f...