A survey on problems and methods in generalized assembly line balancing

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 694-715

  Becker, Christian ^a   Scholl, Armin ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assembly line balancing; Literature survey; Mass production; Production process

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; BRANCH-AND-BOUND; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATIONS; LITERATURE SURVEY; MASS-PRODUCTION;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 25144450992     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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