TY - GEN
T1 - Can ant algorithms make automated guided vehicle system more intelligent? A viewpoint from manufacturing environment
AU - Xing, Bo
AU - Gao, Wen Jing
AU - Battle, Kimberly
AU - Marwala, Tshilidzi
AU - Nelwamondo, Fulufhelo V.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In manufacturing environment, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) system is composed of a set of driver-less vehicles that transport goods and materials between distinct workstations and storage locations of shops. In soft computing area, ant algorithms are a series of population-based approaches inspired by various behaviors of real ant colonies. During the last two decades, ant algorithms have achieved a great success in solving many combinatorial optimization problems. In this article we make an attempt to study the feasibility of applying ant algorithms to different problems encountered in AGV system design and control. By making use of ant algorithms' strengths, we hope to provide the readers with alternative options for solving conventional AGV system design and control problems, as well as to point out some new directions for AGV system research.
AB - In manufacturing environment, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) system is composed of a set of driver-less vehicles that transport goods and materials between distinct workstations and storage locations of shops. In soft computing area, ant algorithms are a series of population-based approaches inspired by various behaviors of real ant colonies. During the last two decades, ant algorithms have achieved a great success in solving many combinatorial optimization problems. In this article we make an attempt to study the feasibility of applying ant algorithms to different problems encountered in AGV system design and control. By making use of ant algorithms' strengths, we hope to provide the readers with alternative options for solving conventional AGV system design and control problems, as well as to point out some new directions for AGV system research.
KW - Ant algorithms
KW - Automated guided vehicle
KW - Cooperative transportation
KW - Dispatching
KW - Guide path
KW - Loading unit
KW - Mobile ad hoc network
KW - Routing
KW - Traffic control
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78751550685&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5642291
DO - 10.1109/ICSMC.2010.5642291
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78751550685
SN - 9781424465880
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
SP - 3226
EP - 3234
BT - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2010
T2 - 2010 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, SMC 2010
Y2 - 10 October 2010 through 13 October 2010
ER -