[HTML][HTML] Assembly line balancing: What happened in the last fifteen years?

N Boysen, P Schulze, A Scholl - European Journal of Operational Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Ever since the times of Henry Ford up to today's industry 4.0 era, flow-oriented assembly
processes, where an assembly line conveys the workpieces from workstation to workstation …

Hybridizations in line balancing problems: A comprehensive review on new trends and formulations

O Battaïa, A Dolgui - International Journal of Production Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
In the research on production economics, line balancing is an intensively studied
combinatorial optimisation problem. In our previous comprehensive survey on line …

Mathematical model and bee algorithms for mixed-model assembly line balancing problem with physical human–robot collaboration

ZA Çil, Z Li, S Mete, E Özceylan - Applied soft computing, 2020 - Elsevier
The collaboration of human workers and robots draws increasing attention from the
manufacturing enterprises to embrace the Industry 4.0 paradigm in a competitive way …

Solving human-robot collaborative mixed-model two-sided assembly line balancing using multi-objective discrete artificial bee colony algorithm

Y Huang, B Sheng, R Luo, Y Lu, G Fu, X Yin - Computers & Industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human-robot collaboration (HRC) is an emerging technology that aims to optimize
production efficiency and reduce ergonomic risks by enabling humans and collaborative …

A novel two-stage framework for reducing ergonomic risks of a mixed-model parallel U-shaped assembly-line

M Mokhtarzadeh, M Rabbani… - Applied Mathematical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Considering ergonomic factors in assembly line balancing problems can significantly
improve human ergonomic conditions. In this study, a two-stage framework is developed to …

A risk-averse two-stage stochastic programming model for a joint multi-item capacitated line balancing and lot-sizing problem

Y Li, F Saldanha-da-Gama, M Liu, Z Yang - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a comprehensive production planning problem under uncertain demand is
investigated. The problem intertwines two NP-hard optimization problems: an assembly line …

Mixed-model assembly line balancing problem considering learning effect and uncertain demand

Y Li, D Liu, I Kucukkoc - Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 2023 - Elsevier
An assembly line system is a manufacturing process in which parts are added in sequence
from workstation to workstation until the final assembly is produced. In a mixed-model …

Multi-objective optimisation of stochastic hybrid production line balancing including assembly and disassembly tasks

J Guo, Z Pu, B Du, Y Li - International Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Assembly and disassembly are important activities in the manufacturing/remanufacturing
process. Although the line balancing problems of them have been extensively discussed in …

Markov decision process for multi-manned mixed-model assembly lines with walking workers

SE Hashemi-Petroodi, S Thevenin, S Kovalev… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Product customization and frequent market changes force manufacturing companies to
employ mixed-model instead of simple assembly lines. To well adjust the line's capacity to …

Modelling and solving mixed-model two-sided assembly line balancing problem with sequence-dependent setup time

W Yang, W Cheng - International Journal of Production Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Two-sided assembly lines balancing problem has been extensively studied in recent years.
However, only limited attention has been paid to balancing mixed-model two-sided …