An assembly sequence planning approach with a rule-based multi-state gravitational search algorithm

• Main Authors: A. Ibrahim, Ismail, Ibrahim, Zuwairie, Ahmad, Hamzah, Mat Jusof, Mohd. Falfazli, Md. Yusof, Zulkifli, Nawawi, Sophan Wahyudi, Mubin, Marizan
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer 2015
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/57742/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00170-015-6857-0
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Assembly sequence planning (ASP) becomes one of the major challenges in product design and manufacturing. A good assembly sequence leads to reduced costs and duration in the manufacturing process. However, assembly sequence planning is known to be a classical NP-hard combinatorial optimization probl...