Heuristics for the re-balancing of a vehicle assembly line

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 6609-6628

  Grangeon, Nathalie ^a   Leclaire, Patrice ^a   Norre, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

GALBP; heuristic; mixed model; re balancing

Indexed keywords

GALBP; HEURISTIC; INDUSTRIAL COLLABORATION; LENGTH CONSTRAINTS; LINE BALANCING PROBLEM; MIXED-MODEL; RE-BALANCING; STORAGE AREA; VEHICLE ASSEMBLY;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 80053528617     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.539025     Document Type: Article

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