Pareto lexicographic α-robust approach and its application in robust multi objective assembly line balancing problem

Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-264

  Saif, Ullah ^a,b   Guan, Zailin ^a   Wang, Baoxi ^a   Mirza, Jahanzeb ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

assembly line balancing; lexicographic robust; Pareto

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911002259     PISSN: 20950233     EISSN: 20950241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11465-014-0294-x     Document Type: Article

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