Line balancing belongs to a class of intensively studied combinatorial optimization problems
known to be NP-hard in general. For several decades, the core problem originally …

Assembly line balancing is to know how tasks are to be assigned to workstations, so that the
predetermined goal is achieved. Minimization of the number of workstations and …

This paper proposes a spatiotemporal model of land use change based on ant colony
optimization (ACO), Markov chain and cellular automata (CA). These three methodologies …

Energy-saving, one of the most significant strategies for green manufacturing, has become
the focus of more and more scholars and enterprise managers. Hence, this work addresses …

This paper considers the design and balancing of mixed-model disassembly lines with multi-
robotic workstations under uncertainty. Tasks of different models are performed …

This study addresses the actual disassembly situation where homogeneous products with
similar structures are usually mixed on one disassembly line for disassembly. And the …

This paper presents a new hybrid algorithm, which executes ant colony optimization in
combination with genetic algorithm (ACO-GA), for type I mixed-model assembly line …

This paper deals with mixed-model assembly line balancing and worker assignment
problem (MMALBWAP). Mixed-model assembly lines allow the simultaneous assemble of a …

Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm is one of the most popular swarm-based algorithms
inspired by the behavior of an ant colony to find the shortest path for food. The multi …

Growing interests from customers in customised products and increasing competitions
among peers necessitate companies to configure their manufacturing systems more …