[hal-01023816] Cyclic production in regular robotic cells: A counterexample to the 1-cycle conjecture

Robotic cells consist in a flow-shop where transportation of the parts between machines is handled by a robot. We consider cyclic production of identical parts and optimization of the cell's throughput. Production cycle of 1 part are easier to describe implement and there is a conjecture about their dominance. This conjecture has been studied for linear layout cells, for which the 1-cycles are well known, but not for cells with circular layout, where the input and output buffers are at the same position. We provide a counterexample to the conjecture for this case.



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