Affiliation:
1. University of Birmingham, UK
2. Beihang University, China
Abstract
The bees algorithm is a popular intelligent optimisation algorithm inspired by the foraging behaviour of honeybees. This chapter describes the application of two combinatorial variants of the bees algorithm to the optimisation of manufacturing processes. The first variant was created for minimisation of printed circuit board assembly times, whilst the second was devised for fast replanning of robotic disassembly of mechanical parts. In both cases, the bees-inspired paradigm proved effective in efficiently solving complex engineering optimisation problems. Compared to a number of state-of-the-art combinatorial optimisation algorithms, the bees algorithm excelled in terms of efficiency of the solutions.
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