NDLI: Optimally solving the alternative subgraphs assembly line balancing problem

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Author	Scholl, Armin Boysen, Nils Fliedner, Malte
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	Assembly line balancing problems (ALBP) consist of distributing the total workload for manufacturing any unit of the products to be assembled among the work stations along a manufacturing line as used in the automotive or the electronics industries. Usually, it is assumed that the production process is fixed, i.e., has been determined in a preceding planning step. However, this sequential planning approach is often suboptimal because the efficiency of the production process can not be evaluated definitely without knowing the distribution of work. Instead, both decisions should be taken simultaneously. This has led to the Alternative Subgraphs ALBP.We give an alternative representation of the problem, formulate an improved mixed-integer program and propose a solution approach based on SALOME, an effective branch-and-bound procedure for the well-known Simple ALBP. Computational experiments indicate that the proposed procedure is successful in finding optimal solutions for small- and medium-sized problem instances and rather good heuristic solutions for large-scaled instances.
Starting Page	243
Ending Page	258
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02545330
Journal	Annals of Operations Research
Volume Number	172
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15729338
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-06-04
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Assembly line balancing Production process Mass-production Combinatorial optimization Sequencing Theory of Computation Combinatorics Operations Research/Decision Theory
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Management Science and Operations Research

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