[HTML][HTML] Assembly line balancing: What happened in the last fifteen years?
Ever since the times of Henry Ford up to today's industry 4.0 era, flow-oriented assembly
processes, where an assembly line conveys the workpieces from workstation to workstation …
processes, where an assembly line conveys the workpieces from workstation to workstation …
A review of cost and profit oriented line design and balancing problems and solution approaches
This review paper presents the state of the art on the problems, approaches and analytical
models for assembly and transfer line design and balancing that addresses explicitly cost …
models for assembly and transfer line design and balancing that addresses explicitly cost …
Balancing of mixed-model two-sided assembly lines
This paper presents a new mathematical model and a simulated annealing algorithm for the
mixed-model two-sided assembly line balancing problem. The proposed mathematical …
mixed-model two-sided assembly line balancing problem. The proposed mathematical …
Simultaneous balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly lines
I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - International Journal of Production …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Growing interests from customers in customised products and increasing competitions
among peers necessitate companies to configure their manufacturing systems more …
among peers necessitate companies to configure their manufacturing systems more …
Mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly line balancing problem: A flexible agent-based ant colony optimization approach
I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Assembly lines are frequently used as a production method to assemble complex products.
Two-sided assembly lines are utilized to assemble large-sized products (eg, cars, buses …
Two-sided assembly lines are utilized to assemble large-sized products (eg, cars, buses …
Balancing and sequencing of parallel mixed-model assembly lines
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 …
assembly line balancing and model sequencing (PMMAL/BS) problem which is an …
Balancing of parallel U-shaped assembly lines
I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - Computers & Operations Research, 2015 - Elsevier
A new hybrid assembly line design, called parallel U-shaped assembly line system, is
introduced and characterised along with numerical examples for the first time. Different from …
introduced and characterised along with numerical examples for the first time. Different from …
Ant colony optimization for the single model U-type assembly line balancing problem
I Sabuncuoglu, E Erel, A Alp - International Journal of Production …, 2009 - Elsevier
An assembly line is a production line in which units move continuously through a sequence
of stations. The assembly line balancing problem is defined as the allocation of tasks to an …
of stations. The assembly line balancing problem is defined as the allocation of tasks to an …
A genetic algorithm for the stochastic mixed-model U-line balancing and sequencing problem
Mixed-model assembly lines are widely used to improve the flexibility to adapt to the
changes in market demand, and U-lines have become popular in recent years as an …
changes in market demand, and U-lines have become popular in recent years as an …
Mathematical model and agent based solution approach for the simultaneous balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly lines
I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - International Journal of Production Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
One of the key factors of a successfully implemented mixed-model line system is considering
model sequencing problem as well as the line balancing problem. In the literature, there are …
model sequencing problem as well as the line balancing problem. In the literature, there are …