Advances in Manufacturing ›› 2024, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (2): 227-251.doi: 10.1007/s40436-023-00461-1

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Energy-efficient buffer and service rate allocation in manufacturing systems using hybrid machine learning and evolutionary algorithms

Si-Xiao Gao1, Hui Liu1, Jun Ota2   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (IAIR), School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, People's Republic of China;
    2 Research into Artifacts Center for Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • 收稿日期:2022-08-09 修回日期:2023-02-16 发布日期:2024-05-16
  • 通讯作者: Hui Liu,E-mail:csuliuhui@csu.edu.cn E-mail:csuliuhui@csu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:Si-Xiao Gao received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2011 and 2014, respectively, the Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, in 2020. He is currently a post researcher at the School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University. His research interests include design and optimization of manufacturing systems, and intelligent manufacturing big data;
    Hui Liu received the B.Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. degrees from Central South University, China, in 2004 and 2008, respectively, the Ph.D. from Central South University, China, in 2011, the Dr.-Ing. degree from University of Rostock, Germany, in 2013 and the habil. degree from University of Rostock, Germany in 2015. Currently, he is a full professor of robotics & artificial intelligence at Central South University, China. He is deputy dean of the faculty of traffic and transportation engineering at Central South University, China. He previously served as the BMBF junior group leader appointed by the Ministry of Education & Research of Germany at University of Rostock, Germany. His current research areas of interest include robotics, time series forecasting, big data analysis, smart devices, and systems, etc;
    Jun Ota received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, in 1987, 1989, and 1994, respectively, where he is currently a Professor of Research into Artifacts Center for Engineering (RACE). From 1989 to 1991, he was with Nippon Steel Cooperation. In 1991, he was a Research Associate with The University of Tokyo. In 1994, he became a Lecturer. In 1996, he became an Associate Professor. From 1996 to 1997, he was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University. In 2009, he became a professor with the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. In 2009, he became a Professor with RACE. Since 2015, he has been a Guest Professor with the South China University of Technology. His research interests include multi-agent robot systems, embodied-brain systems science, design support for large-scale production/material handling systems, and human behavior analysis and support.

Energy-efficient buffer and service rate allocation in manufacturing systems using hybrid machine learning and evolutionary algorithms

Si-Xiao Gao1, Hui Liu1, Jun Ota2   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (IAIR), School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410075, People's Republic of China;
    2 Research into Artifacts Center for Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • Received:2022-08-09 Revised:2023-02-16 Published:2024-05-16
  • Contact: Hui Liu,E-mail:csuliuhui@csu.edu.cn E-mail:csuliuhui@csu.edu.cn

摘要: Currently, simultaneous buffer and service rate allocation is a topic of interest in the optimization of manufacturing systems. Simultaneous allocation problems have been solved previously to satisfy economic requirements; however, owing to the progress of green manufacturing, energy conservation and environmental protection have become increasingly crucial. Therefore, an energy-efficient approach is developed to maximize the throughput and minimize the energy consumption of manufacturing systems, subject to the total buffer capacity, total service rate, and predefined energy efficiency. The energy-efficient approach integrates the simulated annealing-non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II with the honey badger algorithm-histogram-based gradient boosting regression tree. The former algorithm searches for Pareto-optimal solutions of sufficient quality. The latter algorithm builds prediction models to rapidly calculate the throughput, energy consumption, and energy efficiency. Numerical examples show that the proposed hybrid approach can achieve a better solution quality compared with previously reported approaches. Furthermore, the prediction models can rapidly evaluate manufacturing systems with sufficient accuracy. This study benefits the multi-objective optimization of green manufacturing systems.

The full text can be downloaded at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40436-023-00461-1

关键词: Energy-efficient allocation, Multi-objective optimization, Energy efficiency, Energy consumption, Machine learning

Abstract: Currently, simultaneous buffer and service rate allocation is a topic of interest in the optimization of manufacturing systems. Simultaneous allocation problems have been solved previously to satisfy economic requirements; however, owing to the progress of green manufacturing, energy conservation and environmental protection have become increasingly crucial. Therefore, an energy-efficient approach is developed to maximize the throughput and minimize the energy consumption of manufacturing systems, subject to the total buffer capacity, total service rate, and predefined energy efficiency. The energy-efficient approach integrates the simulated annealing-non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm-II with the honey badger algorithm-histogram-based gradient boosting regression tree. The former algorithm searches for Pareto-optimal solutions of sufficient quality. The latter algorithm builds prediction models to rapidly calculate the throughput, energy consumption, and energy efficiency. Numerical examples show that the proposed hybrid approach can achieve a better solution quality compared with previously reported approaches. Furthermore, the prediction models can rapidly evaluate manufacturing systems with sufficient accuracy. This study benefits the multi-objective optimization of green manufacturing systems.

The full text can be downloaded at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40436-023-00461-1

Key words: Energy-efficient allocation, Multi-objective optimization, Energy efficiency, Energy consumption, Machine learning