Innovative design and analysis of production systems by multi-objective optimization and data mining

• This paper presents an innovative approach for the design and analysis of production systems using multi-objective optimization and data mining. The innovation lies on how these two methods using different computational intelligence algorithms can be synergistically integrated and used interactively by production systems designers to support their design decisions. Unlike ordinary optimization approaches for production systems design which several design objectives are linearly combined into a single mathematical function, multi-objective optimization that can generate multiple design alternatives and sort their performances into an efficient frontier can enable the designer to have a more complete picture about how the design decision variables, like number of machines and buffers, can affect the overall performances of the system. Such kind of knowledge that can be gained by plotting the efficient frontier cannot be sought by single-objective based optimizations. Additionally, because of the multiple optimal design alternatives generated, they constitute a dataset that can be fed into some data mining algorithms for extracting the knowledge about the relationships among the design variables and the objectives. This paper addresses the specific challenges posed by the design of discrete production systems for this integrated optimization and data mining approach and then outline a new interactive data mining algorithm developed to meet these challenges, illustrated with a real-world production line design example.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Maskinteknik -- Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Mechanical Engineering -- Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Data Mining

Multi-Objective Optimization

Production Systems

Algorithms

Artificial intelligence

Design

Functions

Multiobjective optimization

Optimization

Systems analysis

Computational Intelligence algorithms

Data mining algorithm

Integrated optimization

Interactive data mining

Mathematical functions

Optimization approach

Production line design

Production system

Technology

Production and Automation Engineering

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