TY - JOUR
T1 - A progressive approach for the integration of process planning and scheduling
AU - Huang, Samuel H.
AU - Zhang, Hong Chao
AU - Smith, Milton L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant contract no. DDM-9211657.
PY - 1995/8
Y1 - 1995/8
N2 - Automated process planning has been recognized as an interface between computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing. To achieve true computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), process planning should be integrated with scheduling. One approach to this integration problem is to merge process planning and scheduling into a single optimization task. However, the scheduling problem alone belongs to the class of nondeterministic polynomial complete (NP-complete) problems and when combined with process planning, the resulting problem is even more difficult. One solution to this is to adopt a progressive approach, in which the interaction between process planning and scheduling starts from a more global level and ends at a more detailed level. The progressive approach described in this paper greatly reduces the computational complexity of the integration problem and hence can be realized in a real manufacturing environment where time is critical.
AB - Automated process planning has been recognized as an interface between computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing. To achieve true computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), process planning should be integrated with scheduling. One approach to this integration problem is to merge process planning and scheduling into a single optimization task. However, the scheduling problem alone belongs to the class of nondeterministic polynomial complete (NP-complete) problems and when combined with process planning, the resulting problem is even more difficult. One solution to this is to adopt a progressive approach, in which the interaction between process planning and scheduling starts from a more global level and ends at a more detailed level. The progressive approach described in this paper greatly reduces the computational complexity of the integration problem and hence can be realized in a real manufacturing environment where time is critical.
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U2 - 10.1080/07408179508936762
DO - 10.1080/07408179508936762
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79251627866
SN - 0740-817X
VL - 27
SP - 456
EP - 464
JO - IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)
JF - IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)
IS - 4
ER -