A fuzzy assembly line balancing problem with physical workload constraints

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 5281-5291

  Mutlu, Özcan ^a   Özgörmüş, Elif ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Assembly line balancing; Fuzzy linear programming; Physical workload

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY LINE; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEMS; ASSEMBLY WORKERS; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; COST EFFECTIVE; FUZZY CONCEPT; FUZZY LINEAR PROGRAMMING; FUZZY LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS; PHYSICAL WORKLOAD; PROCESSING TIME; REPETITIVE TASK; WORK-RELATED INJURIES;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 84867059001     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.709647     Document Type: Article

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