Abstract The present study proposes a hybrid framework combining multiple methods to determine the optimal values of design variables in flexible manufacturing system (FMS). uses multi-objective response surface methodology (RSM) achieve optimum performance. performance an FMS is characterized using various weighted measures best–worst method (BWM). Subsequently, RSM approximates functional rel...

Analysis and control of deadlocks play an important role in the design and operation of automated flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). In FMS, deadlocks are highly undesirable situations, which always cause unnecessary cost. The design problem of an optimal supervisor is in general NP-hard. A computationally efficient method often ends up with a suboptimal one. This paper develops a deadlock ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the expectation of public healthcare providers/professionals (PHCPs) who are working closely with family medicine specialists (FMSs) at public health clinics. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING This study is part of a larger national study on the perception of the Malaysian public healthcare professionals on FMSs. PARTICIPANTS PHCPs from three categories of health ...

The scheduling problem for ̄exible manufacturing systems (FMSs) has been attempted in this paper using the ant colony optimization (ACO) technique. Since the operation of a job in FMSs can be performed on more than one machine, the scheduling of the FMS is considered as a computationally hard problem. Ant algorithms are based on the foraging behaviour of real ants. The article deals with the an...

Scheduling has become an attractive area for artificial intelligence researchers. On other hand, in today's real-world manufacturing systems, the importance of an efficient maintenance schedule program cannot be ignored because it plays an important role in the success of manufacturing facilities. A maintenance program may be considered as the heath care of manufacturing machines and equipments...

Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) offers opportunities for manufacturers to improve their technology, competitiveness, and profitability through a highly efficient and focused approach to manufacturing effectiveness. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has been utilized as a multiple criteria tool for evaluation of FMSs. The concept of the assurance region (AR) is restricting the ratio of any two...