An ant-based algorithm for balancing assembly lines in a mass ass customiz ation environment

2009 International Workshop on Intelligent Systems and Applications, ISA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Zeqiang ^a   Cheng, Wenming ^a   Song, Lin ^a   Yu, Qingliang ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ant algorithm; Assembly lines balancing; Mass customization

Indexed keywords

ANT ALGORITHM; ANT ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY LINE; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEMS; ASSEMBLY LINES BALANCING; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONSUMER DEMANDS; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MASS MANUFACTURING; NONLINEAR OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SUMMATION RULES; TRAIL INFORMATION;

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 70349487192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWISA.2009.5072706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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