Developing a multi-objective genetic optimisation approach for an operational design of a manual mixed-model assembly line with walking workers

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1049-1065

  Al Zuheri, Atiya ^a,b   Luong, Lee ^a   Xing, Ke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Manual assembly line; Multiple objectives; Operational design; Walking workers

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

CROSS-OVER PROBABILITY; DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS; FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURES; MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES; MIXED-MODEL ASSEMBLY LINES; MULTIPLE-OBJECTIVES; OPERATIONAL DESIGN; WALKING WORKERS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84902914613     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-014-0934-3     Document Type: Article

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