Ergonomics in assembly line balancing based on energy expenditure: A multi-objective model

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 824-845

  Battini, Daria ^a   Delorme, Xavier ^b   Dolgui, Alexandre ^b   Persona, Alessandro ^a   Sgarbossa, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

assembly line balancing; ergonomics; multi criteria decision making; optimisation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ASSEMBLY MACHINES; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; NUMERICAL METHODS; RIVETING;

ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING; ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEMS; EFFICIENT FRONTIER; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; MULTI CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; MULTI-OBJECTIVE MODELING; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMISATIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84959152312     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2015.1074299     Document Type: Article

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