Sequence planning to minimize complexity in mixed-model assembly lines

ISAM 2007 - IEEE International Symposium on Assembly and Manufacturing

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 251-258

  Zhu, Xiaowei ^a   Hu, S Jack ^a   Koren, Yoram ^a   Marin, Samuel P ^b   Huang, Ningjian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MANUFACTURE;

ASSEMBLY LINE DESIGN; ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE; ASSEMBLY SEQUENCE PLANNING; COMPLEXITY MEASURES; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; NETWORK FLOW MODEL; SOLUTION STRATEGY;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 47849092584     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/isam.2007.4288481     Document Type: Conference Paper

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