An integrated approach to evaluating assembly-line design alternatives with equipment selection

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-206

  Özdemir, Rifat Gurcan ^a   Ayaǧ, Zeki ^b  

^a ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

analytic hierarchy process; assembly line balancing; assembly line design; branch and bound algorithm; multiple criteria decision making

Indexed keywords

AHP METHOD; BRANCH AND BOUND ALGORITHM; BRANCH-AND-BOUND ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL ISSUES; EQUIPMENT COSTS; EQUIPMENT SELECTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LINE DESIGN; MULTIPLE-CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; QUALITY CONTROL; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS;

BRANCH AND BOUND METHOD;

EID: 79951937231     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537281003790515     Document Type: Article

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