SOLVING OPTIMAL ASSEMBLY LINE CONFIGURATION TASK BY MULTIOBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING METHODS

• Main Authors: Ján ČABALA, Ján JADLOVSKÝ
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Technical University of Kosice 2017-06-01
• Series: Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica
• Subjects: multi-objective decision making; assembly lines; experts’ evaluation; ELECTRE; TOPSIS; AGREPREF
• Online Access: http://www.aei.tuke.sk/papers/2017/2/09_Cabala.pdf

This paper deals with looking for the optimal configuration of automated assembly line model placed within Department of Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence (DCAI). In order to solve this problem, Stateflow model of each configuration was created to simulate the behaviour of particular assembly line configuration. Outputs from these models were used as inputs into the multiobjective decision making process. Multi-objective decision-making methods were subsequently used to find the optimal configuration of assembly line. Paper describes the whole process of solving this task, from building the models to choosing the best configuration. Specifically, the problem was resolved using the experts’ evaluation method for evaluating the weights of every decision-making criterion, while the ELECTRE III, TOPSIS and AGREPREF methods were used for ordering the possible solutions from the most to the least suitable alternative. Obtained results were compared and final solution of this multi-objective decisionmaking problem is chosen.