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 …

Two-sided assembly lines are especially used at the assembly of large-sized products, such
as trucks and buses. In this type of a production line, both sides of the line are used in …

In this paper, a simulated annealing approach is developed for the parallel mixed-model
assembly line balancing and model sequencing (PMMAL/BS) problem which is an …

The consideration of this paper is given to address the straight and U-shaped assembly line
balancing problem. Although many attempts in the literature have been made to develop …

Automation in an assembly line can be achieved using robots. In robotic U-shaped
assembly line balancing (RUALB), robots are assigned to workstations to perform the …

Due to immense role of an efficient assembly line in today's manufacturing systems, the
consideration of this paper is devoted to address the straight and U-shaped assembly line …

Recently, there is a growing interest in the industry to replace traditional straight assembly
lines with U-shaped lines for more flexibility and higher productivity. Due to mathematical …

This paper aims at multi-objective straight and U-shaped assembly line balancing problems
with the fuzzy task processing times. The problems are referred to herein as f-SALBP and f …

This paper aims at the straight and U-shaped assembly line balancing. Due to the
uncertainty, variability and imprecision in actual production systems, the processing time of …

In the paper a genetic algorithm approach is proposed to balance asynchronous mixed-
model U-shaped lines with stochastic task times. U-shaped lines have become popular in …