[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 …

[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 …

[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 …

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 …

An exponential chaotic differential evolution algorithm for optimizing bridge maintenance plans

EM Abdelkader, O Moselhi, M Marzouk… - Automation in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bridges are one of the fundamental infrastructure assets that are vital for economic growth
and public welfare. Over the past few decades, the numbers of deteriorating bridges have …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Resource reconfiguration and optimization in brownfield constrained robotic assembly line balancing problems

M Albus, MF Huber - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Successful operation of an assembly line requires balancing work among resources and
stations of the line to minimize costs, a problem known as the Assembly Line Balancing …

Multi-objective co-operative co-evolutionary algorithm for minimizing carbon footprint and maximizing line efficiency in robotic assembly line systems

JM Nilakantan, Z Li, Q Tang, P Nielsen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
Methods for reducing the carbon footprint is receiving increasing attention from industry as
they work to create sustainable products. Assembly line systems are widely utilized to …

A memetic algorithm for the cost-oriented robotic assembly line balancing problem

J Pereira, M Ritt, ÓC Vásquez - Computers & Operations Research, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …