Handling the assembly line balancing problem in the clothing industry using a genetic algorithm

International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-37

  Chan, Keith C C ^a   Hui, Patrick C L ^a   Yeung, K W ^a   Ng, Frency S F ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Assembly line balancing; Clothing industry; Computer modelling

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; GARMENT MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEMS; CLOTHING INDUSTRY;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 0031950125     PISSN: 09556222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09556229810205240     Document Type: Article

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