Incorporating physical demand criteria into assembly line balancing

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 875-887

  Carnahan, B J ^a   Norman, B A ^b   Redfern, M S ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL; TIME AND MOTION STUDY; WORK SIMPLIFICATION; WORK-REST SCHEDULES;

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING ALGORITHMS; COMBINATORIAL GENETIC ALGORITHM; PHYSICAL DEMAND CRITERIA; PROBLEM SPACE GENETIC ALGORITHM; RANKING HEURISTIC; WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035480374     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010926722609     Document Type: Article

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