Applying multi-agent approach to mixed-model assembly line balancing

2012 IEEE 6th International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 684-688

  Liao, L M ^a   Huang, C J ^a   Huang, J H ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

line balancing; mixed model assembly line; Multi agent system; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TIME; DECENTRALIZED APPROACH; INITIAL SOLUTION; LINE BALANCING; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); MULTI-AGENT APPROACH; RANKED POSITIONAL WEIGHTS; TABU SEARCH TECHNIQUE; THREE-LEVEL;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; INNOVATION; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; TABU SEARCH;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84864219671     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMIT.2012.6225889     Document Type: Conference Paper

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