Improving the resolution of the simple assembly line balancing problem type E

The simple assembly line balancing problem type E (abbreviated as SALBP-E) occurs when the number of workstations and the cycle time are variables and the objective is to maximise the line efficiency. In contrast with other types of SALBPs, SALBP-E has received little attention in the literature. In...

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Autores: Corominas Subias, Albert|||0000-0002-4795-7761, García Villoria, Alberto|||0000-0003-4048-2465, Pastor Moreno, Rafael|||0000-0002-6188-4458
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/103425
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/103425
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Assembly-line balancing
Assembly line balancing
SALBP
manufacturing optimisation
Programació heurística
Programació lineal
Treball en cadena
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Sumario:The simple assembly line balancing problem type E (abbreviated as SALBP-E) occurs when the number of workstations and the cycle time are variables and the objective is to maximise the line efficiency. In contrast with other types of SALBPs, SALBP-E has received little attention in the literature. In order to solve optimally SALBP-E, we propose a mixed integer liner programming model and an iterative procedure. Since SALBP-E is NP-hard, we also propose heuristics derived from the aforementioned procedures for solving larger instances. An extensive experimentation is carried out and its results show the improvement of the SALBP-E resolution.