A Graph-Based Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Process Planning

Table 6

An optimal process plan for the example part in Figure 2.

Operation	Op1	Op8	Op9	Op4	Op5	Op6	Op7	Op2	Op3
Machine	M1	M1	M1	M1	M1	M1	M1	M1	M1
Tool	T1	T8	T9	T4	T5	T6	T7	T2	T3
TAD	+X	+X	+X	−X	−X	+Z	−Z	−Z	−Z
NMC = 0, NCC = 8, NSC = 4. TMC = 360, TTC = 62, TMCC = 0, TTCC = 480, TSCC = 80, TPC = 982.