Workers still perform the bulk of operations in the manufacturing industry. The consideration
of the assignment of workers and the reduction of ergonomic risks in U-shaped assembly …

As the U-shaped assembly lines are concerned with manual assembly operations, workers'
performance plays a major role. However, the past studies assume that all workers can carry …

In traditional assembly lines, it is reasonable to assume that task execution times are the
same for each worker. However, in Sheltered Work Centres for Disabled this assumption is …

In this study, we consider the assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem of
type-II (ALWABP-2). ALWABP-2 arises when task times differ depending on operator skills …

Certain types of manufacturing processes can be modelled by assembly line balancing
problems. In this work we deal with a specific assembly line balancing problem that is known …

In robotic assembly lines, the task times depend on the robots assigned to each station.
Robots are considered an unlimited resource and multiple robots of the same type can be …

This paper proposes a new type of assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem
(ALWABP) which considers ergonomic risks. ALWABP occurs when task times vary …

A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) is presented for the solution of the bi-criteria
assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem (ALWABP). This problem consists …

The assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem type-II (ALWABP-2) occurs
when workers and tasks (where task times depend on workers' skills) are to be …

We propose simple heuristics for the assembly line worker assignment and balancing
problem. This problem typically occurs in assembly lines in sheltered work centers for the …