Bi criteria flexible assembly line design problem with equipment decisions

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6323-6343

  Pekin, N ^a   Azizoglu, M ^b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Branch and bound; Equipment decisions; Flexible assembly lines

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS; EQUIPMENT;

ASSEMBLY-LINE BALANCING; BI CRITERIA; BRANCH AND BOUND; BRANCH-AND-BOUND ALGORITHM; DESIGN PROBLEMS; EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS; EQUIPMENT COSTS; EQUIPMENT DECISIONS; FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY LINES; PROBLEM INSTANCES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 53349177071     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701441988     Document Type: Article

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