Optimal allocation of work in assembly lines for lots with homogenous learning

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 922-931

  Cohen, Yuval ^a   Vitner, Gad ^b   Sarin, Subhash C ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^c State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly line balancing; Learning; NLP optimization

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; LEARNING SYSTEMS; LOADING; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; IMBALANCED LOADING; LEARNING; NLP OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 25144463243     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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