Introducing a Novel Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Optimize Network of Industrial Applications in Modern Manufacturing

Recent advances in modern manufacturing industries have created a great need to track and identify objects and parts by obtaining real-time information. One of the main technologies which has been utilized for this need is the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system. As a result of adopting this technology to the manufacturing industry environment, RFID Network Planning (RNP) has become a challenge. Mainly RNP deals with calculating the number and position of antennas which should be deployed in the RFID network to achieve full coverage of the tags that need to be read. The ultimate goal of this paper is to present and evaluate a way of modelling and optimizing nonlinear RNP problems utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) techniques. This effort has led the author to propose a novel AI algorithm, which has been named “hybrid AI optimization technique,” to perform optimization of RNP as a hard learning problem. The proposed algorithm is composed of two different optimization algorithms: Redundant Antenna Elimination (RAE) and Ring Probabilistic Logic Neural Networks (RPLNN). The proposed hybrid paradigm has been explored using a flexible manufacturing system (FMS), and results have been compared with Genetic Algorithm (GA) that demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed architecture successfully.

[1]  Michael J. Shaw,et al.  A multi-agent framework for the coordination and integration of information systems , 1998 .

[2]  Pingyu Jiang,et al.  RFID-based smart Kanbans for Just-In-Time manufacturing , 2008 .

[3]  Majid Hashemipour,et al.  Virtual-reality-based methodology for modelling and verifying shop floor control systems , 2010 .

[4]  Ali Vatankhah Barenji,et al.  A FRAMEWORK FOR STRUCTURAL MODELLING OF AN RFID-ENABLED INTELLIGENT DISTRIBUTED MANUFACTURING CONTROL SYSTEM , 2014 .

[5]  Lida Xu,et al.  The internet of things: a survey , 2014, Information Systems Frontiers.

[6]  Robert I. M. Young,et al.  Design of a manufacturing knowledge model , 2008, Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf..

[7]  P Y Jiang,et al.  Event-driven graphical representative schema for job-shop-type material flows and data computing usingautomatic identification of radio frequency identification tags , 2012 .

[8]  Dick Johnson,et al.  RFID tags improve tracking, quality on Ford line in Mexico , 2002 .

[9]  Yahui Yang,et al.  A RFID Network Planning Method Based on Genetic Algorithm , 2009, 2009 International Conference on Networks Security, Wireless Communications and Trusted Computing.

[10]  W. B. Lee,et al.  Design of a RFID case-based resource management system for warehouse operations , 2005, Expert Syst. Appl..

[11]  Lionel M. Ni,et al.  An RFID-Based Distributed Control System for Mass Customization Manufacturing , 2004, ISPA.

[12]  Yunlong Zhu,et al.  Cooperative artificial bee colony algorithm for multi-objective RFID network planning , 2014, J. Netw. Comput. Appl..

[13]  Ben Niu,et al.  Multiobjective RFID Network Optimization Using Multiobjective Evolutionary and Swarm Intelligence Approaches , 2014 .

[14]  Reza Abrishambaf,et al.  Structural modeling of industrial wireless sensor and actuator networks for reconfigurable mechatronic systems , 2013 .

[15]  U. Azad,et al.  Link Budget and Capacity Performance of Inductively Coupled Resonant Loops , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

[16]  Han Feng,et al.  Optimal RFID networks planning using a hybrid evolutionary algorithm and swarm intelligence with multi-community population structure , 2012, 2012 14th International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology (ICACT).

[17]  Quan Z. Sheng,et al.  Quality driven web services composition , 2003, WWW '03.

[18]  Sabah U. Randhawa,et al.  An integration architecture for flexible manufacturing cells , 1998 .

[19]  Eugene Semenkin,et al.  Self-configuring Genetic Algorithm with Modified Uniform Crossover Operator , 2012, ICSI.

[20]  Robert E. Spekman,et al.  RFID: from concept to implementation , 2006 .

[21]  Rong Mo,et al.  Monitoring and controlling the complex product assembly executive process via mobile agents and RFID tags , 2009 .

[22]  Benjamin K. S. Khoo,et al.  RFID as an Enabler of the Internet of Things: Issues of Security and Privacy , 2011, 2011 International Conference on Internet of Things and 4th International Conference on Cyber, Physical and Social Computing.

[23]  Joshua R. Smith.  Wirelessly Powered Sensor Networks and Computational RFID , 2013 .

[24]  Yunlong Zhu,et al.  RFID networks planning using a multi-swarm optimizer , 2009, CCDC 2009.

[25]  Ali Vatankhah Barenji,et al.  An RFID - based distributed control system for flexible manufacturing system , 2013 .

[26]  Chung-Ho Wang,et al.  Optimizing bi-objective imperfect preventive maintenance model for series-parallel system using established hybrid genetic algorithm , 2014, J. Intell. Manuf..

[27]  Ruey-Shun Chen,et al.  An RFID-based enterprise application integration framework for real-time management of dynamic manufacturing processes , 2010 .

[28]  Adriana Giret,et al.  From system requirements to holonic manufacturing system analysis , 2006 .

[29]  Christos Koulamas,et al.  E‐Business: A Review of Research Published in Production and Operations Management (1992–2008) , 2009 .

[30]  David J. McKenzie,et al.  Radio Frequency (Un)Identification: Results from a Proof-of-Concept Trial of the Use of RFID Technology to Measure Microenterprise Turnover in Sri Lanka , 2014 .

[31]  Khalid Hasnan,et al.  Correlation between RFID Network Planning (RNP) Parameters and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) Solutions , 2013 .

[32]  Shunzheng Yu,et al.  A fuzzy k-coverage approach for RFID network planning using plant growth simulation algorithm , 2014, J. Netw. Comput. Appl..

[33]  Hakima Chaouchi,et al.  RFID network topology design based on Genetic Algorithms , 2011, 2011 IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technologies and Applications.

[34]  R. J. Kuo,et al.  The application of an artificial immune system-based back-propagation neural network with feature selection to an RFID positioning system , 2013 .

[35]  P. Conway,et al.  Towards Industrial Internet of Things: Crankshaft Monitoring, Traceability and Tracking Using RFID , 2016 .

[36]  N. K.C. Krothapalli,et al.  Design of negotiation protocols for multi-agent manufacturing systems , 1999 .

[37]  Michael R. Berthold,et al.  Constructive training of probabilistic neural networks , 1998, Neurocomputing.

[38]  Robin G. Qiu,et al.  RFID-enabled automation in support of factory integration , 2007 .

[39]  Igor Aleksander,et al.  A probabilistic logic neuron network for associative learning , 1989 .

[40]  Hani Hagras,et al.  A Fuzzy Logic-Based System for Indoor Localization Using WiFi in Ambient Intelligent Environments , 2013, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems.

[41]  Duncan McFarlane,et al.  Development of a prototype PML server for an auto-ID enabled robotic manufacturing environment , 2003 .

[42]  Meie Shen,et al.  Optimizing RFID Network Planning by Using a Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm With Redundant Reader Elimination , 2012, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

[43]  Ruey-Shun Chen,et al.  Development of an agent-based system for manufacturing control and coordination with ontology and RFID technology , 2009, Expert Syst. Appl..

[44]  George Q. Huang,et al.  RFID-based wireless manufacturing for real-time management of job shop WIP inventories , 2008 .

[45]  Wai Keung Wong,et al.  Intelligent production control decision support system for flexible assembly lines , 2009, Expert Syst. Appl..

[46]  Mark Pagell,et al.  Changing a Leopard's Spots: A New Research Direction for Organizational Culture in the Operations Management Field , 2016 .

[47]  Ichiro Satoh,et al.  Location-based services in ubiquitous computing environments , 2003, International Journal on Digital Libraries.

[48]  Yunlong Zhu,et al.  Hierarchical Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for RFID Network Planning Optimization , 2014, TheScientificWorldJournal.

[49]  Sanjay E. Sarma,et al.  Auto ID systems and intelligent manufacturing control , 2003 .

[50]  Yongsheng Ma,et al.  Towards unified modelling of product life-cycles , 2006, Comput. Ind..

[51]  Zongwei Luo,et al.  RFID-enabled tracking in flexible assembly line , 2010 .

[52]  Maria do Carmo Lopes,et al.  A genetic algorithm with neural network fitness function evaluation for IMRT beam angle optimization , 2014, Central Eur. J. Oper. Res..

[53]  Yang Li,et al.  SA-PSO based optimizing reader deployment in large-scale RFID Systems , 2015, J. Netw. Comput. Appl..

[54]  Aydin Azizi,et al.  Optimizing radio frequency identification network planning through ring probabilistic logic neurons , 2016 .

[55]  Der-Chiang Li,et al.  Using an electronic product code network to improve monitoring systems for continuous operating equipment — a thermal power plant example , 2010 .

[56]  Xuedong Liang,et al.  An RFID-based intelligent decision support system architecture for production monitoring and scheduling in a distributed manufacturing environment , 2015 .

[57]  Yu Liu,et al.  Genetic Approach for Network Planning in the RFID Systems , 2006, Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications.

[58]  M. Hashemipour,et al.  Toward a framework for intra-enterprise competency modeling , 2012, 2012 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computational Tools for Engineering Applications (ACTEA).

[59]  Mitchell M. Tseng,et al.  A Collaborative Control System for Mass Customization Manufacturing , 1997 .

[60]  Hyunbo Cho,et al.  Performance Challenges Identification Method for Smart Manufacturing Systems , 2016 .

[61]  Dieter Fensel,et al.  Bridging Multi Agent Systems and Web Services: towards interoperability between Software Agents and Semantic Web Services , 2006, 2006 10th IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference (EDOC'06).

[62]  Ali Vatankhah Barenji,et al.  Modeling Mechanical Properties of FSW Thick Pure Copper Plates and Optimizing It Utilizing Artificial Intelligence Techniques , 2016 .

[63]  V. P. Agrawal,et al.  Structural modelling and integrative analysis of manufacturing systems using graph theoretic approach , 2008 .

[64]  Mohammad Bagher Menhaj,et al.  Function optimization by RPLNN , 2002, Proceedings of the 2002 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks. IJCNN'02 (Cat. No.02CH37290).

[65]  Zhonghua Li,et al.  Optimal scheduling-based RFID reader-to-reader collision avoidance method using artificial immune system , 2013, Appl. Soft Comput..

[66]  Angappa Gunasekaran,et al.  Information technology and systems justification: A review for research and applications , 2006, Eur. J. Oper. Res..

[67]  Majid Hashemipour,et al.  Virtual reality in requirement analysis for CIM system development suitable for SMEs , 2002 .

[68]  Bin Wang,et al.  Fundamental technology for RFID-based supervisory control of shop floor production system , 2011 .

[69]  Ali Vatankhah Barenji,et al.  A multi-agent RFID-enabled distributed control system for a flexible manufacturing shop , 2014 .

[70]  Na Li,et al.  Monitor and control system with RFID technology in discrete manufacturing line , 2010, 2010 IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications.

[71]  Ricardo S. Alonso,et al.  Analysis and Design of a SOA-Based Multi-agent Architecture , 2010, PAAMS.

[72]  Jan Olhager,et al.  Supply chain evolution – theory, concepts and science , 2016 .

[73]  Duncan McFarlane,et al.  RFID opportunity analysis for leaner manufacturing , 2010 .

[74]  Indrajit Bhattacharya,et al.  Optimal Placement of Readers in an RFID Network Using Particle Swarm Optimization , 2010 .

[75]  Jenny Dankelman,et al.  A RFID Specific Participatory Design Approach to Support Design and Implementation of Real-Time Location Systems in the Operating Room , 2014, Journal of Medical Systems.

[76]  Angappa Gunasekaran,et al.  Radio frequency identification (RFID): research trends and framework , 2010 .

[77]  Joan García-Haro,et al.  Tracking of Returnable Packaging and Transport Units with active RFID in the grocery supply chain , 2009, Comput. Ind..

[78]  Kai-Ying Chen.  Cell controller design for RFID based flexible manufacturing systems , 2012, Int. J. Comput. Integr. Manuf..

[79]  Aydin Azizi,et al.  Introducing Genetic Algorithm as an Intelligent Optimization Technique , 2014 .

[80]  Ali Vatankhah Barenji,et al.  Flexible testing platform for employment of RFID-enabled multi-agent system on flexible assembly line , 2016, Adv. Eng. Softw..

[81]  N. Chungooraa,et al.  The configuration of design and manufacture knowledge models from a heavyweight ontological foundation , 2012 .

[82]  Jim Austin.  A review of RAM based neural networks , 1994, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Microelectronics for Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems.

[83]  Eiji Kamioka,et al.  An FR-ID Driven Holonic Control Scheme for Production Control Systems , 2007, The 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Pervasive Computing (IPC 2007).