An FIS-Integrated Multi-Objective Goal Programming Model for Cobot Assignment Problem

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Cobot assignment problem performance preference lexicographic model

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Marrisa Kimaporn
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat School of Engineering, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, 12120
https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1066-0151
Wuttinan Nunkaew
Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4577-0981

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Due to facing multiple factors in the cobot assignment problem, considering only a single one as in the traditional assignment method cannot guarantee the optimal solution. This research then proposed a multi-objective goal programming model for solving this problem with the consideration of relationships between workers, cobots, and tasks. The Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) was integrated to analyze the performance and preference of the assignment based on 24 criteria. The comparison results demonstrated that the proposed method obtained the overall performance and preference values that overcome the conventional assignment method considering only cobot functions.

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M. Kimaporn and W. Nunkaew, “An FIS-Integrated Multi-Objective Goal Programming Model for Cobot Assignment Problem”, sej, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 65–81, Aug. 2024.
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