A mathematical model for assembly line balancing model to consider disordering sequence of workstations

Assembly Automation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-51

  Ho, William ^a   Emrouznejad, Ali ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assembly lines; Balancing; Mathematical programming; Planning and control; Production methods

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEMS; ASSEMBLY LINES; BINARY INTEGER PROGRAMMING; CONSTRAINT SET; DECISION VARIABLES; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LOWER AND UPPER BOUNDS; PLANNING AND CONTROL; PRODUCTION METHODS; SIMPLE ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; TASK ASSIGNMENT;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 67651014923     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445150910929857     Document Type: Article

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