The researchers Nour Hatem Abees and Mohammad Mustafa Abdul Hafedh, from the College of Engineering at the University of Basrah, published a paper in a scientific journal

Expert Systems with Applications

With an impact factor of 6.954 at Elsevier Publishing, entitled:

(New integration of tool path optimization with ACO algorithm and compiler for open architecture CNC system)

The paper includes an effective methodology to reduce manufacturing time by creating optimal order sequences, based on raw processing codes. Optimization steps included minimizing the clipping path time. These steps resulted in consistent improvements of approximately 10.41% and 16.58% for milling and drilling machines, respectively. Furthermore, high-performance ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithms were used to improve the movement path time. In the course of automatic NC program production.