Line balancing belongs to a class of intensively studied combinatorial optimization problems
known to be NP-hard in general. For several decades, the core problem originally …

Assembly line balancing is to know how tasks are to be assigned to workstations, so that the
predetermined goal is achieved. Minimization of the number of workstations and …

In this paper, we studied the assembly line worker assignment and balancing problem,
which is an extension of the classical assembly line balancing problem in which an optimal …

Growing interests from customers in customised products and increasing competitions
among peers necessitate companies to configure their manufacturing systems more …

Aim of the assembly line balancing problem (ALBP) is the efficient and effective assignment
of assembly tasks to stations in one-piece-flow production systems. Although this problem …

In order to minimize costs, manufacturing companies have been relying on assembly lines
for the mass production of commodity goods. Among other issues, the successful operation …

In this paper, a mathematical model and an improved imperial competition algorithm (IICA)
are proposed to solve the multi-objective two-sided assembly line rebalancing problem with …

Assembly line balancing is a family of combinatorial optimization problems that has been
widely studied in the literature due to its simplicity and industrial applicability. Most line …

In production systems of automobile manufacturers, multi-variant products are assembled on
paced final assembly lines. The assignment of operations to workplaces and workers deter …

Assigning tasks to work stations is an essential problem which needs to be addressed in an
assembly line design. The most basic model is called simple assembly line balancing …