[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 …

An improved ant colony optimization algorithm based on hybrid strategies for scheduling problem

W Deng, J Xu, H Zhao - IEEE access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an improved ant colony optimization (ICMPACO) algorithm based on the multi-
population strategy, co-evolution mechanism, pheromone updating strategy, and …

A digital twin-driven human-robot collaborative assembly approach in the wake of COVID-19

Q Lv, R Zhang, X Sun, Y Lu, J Bao - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
In the wake of COVID-19, the production demand of medical equipment is increasing
rapidly. This type of products is mainly assembled by hand or fixed program with complex …

A literature review of energy efficiency and sustainability in manufacturing systems

P Renna, S Materi - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change mitigation, the goal of reducing CO2 emissions, more stringent regulations
and the increment in energy costs have pushed researchers to study energy efficiency and …

[HTML][HTML] A review of optimization models and applications in robotic manufacturing systems: Industry 4.0 and beyond

B Vaisi - Decision analytics journal, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review paper, recent developments in robotic problems are cited. A robotic
manufacturing system includes at least a robot-as a material handling device-, a co-worker …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing assembly lines with industrial and collaborative robots: Current trends and future research directions

M Fathi, A Sepehri, M Ghobakhloo… - Computers & industrial …, 2024 - Elsevier
Assembly-line balancing is a significant issue in production systems. Employing industrial
robots as the main production resource was a milestone in develo** assembly lines, and …

A multi-objective co-evolutionary algorithm for energy and cost-oriented mixed-model assembly line balancing with multi-skilled workers

Z Zhang, M Chica, Q Tang, Z Li, L Zhang - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy-saving, one of the most significant strategies for green manufacturing, has become
the focus of more and more scholars and enterprise managers. Hence, this work addresses …

Multi-objective migrating bird optimization algorithm for cost-oriented assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots

Z Li, MN Janardhanan, Q Tang - Neural Computing and Applications, 2021 - Springer
Industries are increasingly looking for opportunities at utilizing collaborative robots in
assembly lines to perform the tasks independently or assist the human workers due to the …

A comprehensive review of robotic assembly line balancing problem

P Chutima - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2022 - Springer
The research on the robotic assembly line balancing problem (RALBP) was originated for
the first time nearly three decades ago. This problem is under the umbrella of the assembly …