Dynamic workshop reconfiguration based on agile manufacturing cell

To adapt to agile workshop environment,a dynamic workshop reconfiguration approach based on agile manufacturing cell was presented.In this approach,the dynamic reconfiguration of workshop was described as a process of optimizing manufacturing resources,constructing product-oriented agile manufacturing cell and forming virtual workshop.Mathematical programming and fuzzy theory were used to represent selection and optimization problems of manufacturing resources.Then,a dynamic cell reconfiguration method based on incomplete knowledge and evolutionary game theory was established.It was designed to deal with uncertain requirements with full use of both the top-down and the down-top approach to form stable and optimized reconfigurable manufacturing cells and realize the redesign of agile workshop.Furthermore,a collaboration-evolution algorithm was designed to find the optimal solution of the reconfiguration model.Finally,the feasibility and validity of the proposed approach were verified by a case study,and the advantages of the dynamic workshop reconfiguration method were provided.