Affiliation:
1. Centro de Investigaciones en Óptica A.C. (CIO), León 37150, Guanajuato, Mexico
Abstract
During an optimization process which uses a metaheuristic strategy applied to the nesting problem, it is required to apply a repair method if the random solution contains overlapping items. In this paper, a repair method is proposed to avoid the overlap of pixels between items obtained by a randomly generated solution using metaheuristics. The proposed procedure runs through each one of the items. When it finds at least one overlapping pixel, it performs four moves: up, down, left, and right, and it is repeated until no more overlaps appear. In addition, a structure called muéganos is defined. It contains items that are nested more compactly to minimize waste. This structure allows the nesting of elements in a more efficient way. To complete the procedure, a sequential greedy algorithm (SGA) was implemented to nested the items in the available area of the material. A comparison was made between nesting without and with muéganos, obtaining better results using muéganos, with a material utilization of more than 70%. From the experimental results, it was obtained that the solutions are improved by more than 1% through our proposed method, which is competitive when compared to other methods proposed in the literature.
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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