An Approach for Assembly Sequence Planning by Genetic Algorithms

This paper presents an approach for Assembly Sequence Planning by Genetic Algorithms. This strategy allows to minimize the number of reorientation and tool changes, to decrease the total operations during an assembly process. The main contribution of this work is the inclusion of a reduced disassembly matrix in the solution of the present problem, by Genetic Algorithms. The approach performance is verified through case studies most included in referenced journals. As fundamental conclusion we drew that the inclusion of a disassembly matrix in the Genetic Algorithm is feasible to solve this problem.