Research Article

[Retracted] An Improved Ant Colony Optimization Approach for Optimization of Process Planning

Table 11

One of the best process plans for Part 2 under condition (3).

Operation1625111213141817789101920341516
Machine33333333333333333111
Tool66668291068829109106215
TAD
NMC = 1, NSC = 6, TMCC = 160, TSCC = 700, TMC = 1730, and TPC = 2590