Worker allocation in U-shaped assembly lines with multiple objectives

IEEM 2009 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 105-109

  Sirovetnukul, R ^a,b   Chutima, P ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

COIN; Multiple objectives; NSGA II; U shaped assembly lines; Worker allocation

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; NSGA-II; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPERATION TIME; SELECTION METHODS; TASK ASSIGNMENT; U-SHAPED; U-SHAPED ASSEMBLY LINES; WALKING PATHS;

ASSEMBLY; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES;

EID: 77949536104     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2009.5373414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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