An integrated approach to mixed-model assembly line balancing and sequencing

Assembly Automation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-172

  Kamal Uddin, Mohammad ^a   Cavia Soto, Marian ^b   Martinez Lastra, Jose L ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assembly lines; Balancing; Design; Job sequence loading; Multimodel lines

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; ASSEMBLY LINES; JOB SEQUENCE LOADING; JOB SEQUENCES; MULTI-MODEL;

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; DESIGN; INTEGRATED CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MATLAB; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 77951798581     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445151011029808     Document Type: Article

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