A genetic algorithm approach to cellular manufacturing system (CMS) considering the operation sequence for each type of the parts

Cellular manufacturing system (CMS) is an important application of group technology (GT) in which families of parts is produced in manufacturing cells or in a group of variousmachines. This paper deals with application of a genetic algorithm approach to cellular manufacturing system; a multiobjectivemodel is presented by considering the operation sequence for each type of the parts. The aim of this study is to minimize the cell load variation and part inter/intra cellmovements by proper assignment of machines into cells. At last, the efficiency of the proposed GA approach is evaluated with numerical examples

Keywords:

Cellular manufacturing system , genetic algorithm , Nphard problem , operation sequence