Literature review of assembly line balancing problems

P Sivasankaran, P Shahabudeen - The International Journal of Advanced …, 2014 - Springer
Mass production system design is a key for the productivity of an organization. Mass
production system can be classified into production line machining a component and …

Simultaneous balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly lines

I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - International Journal of Production …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Growing interests from customers in customised products and increasing competitions
among peers necessitate companies to configure their manufacturing systems more …

Mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly line balancing problem: A flexible agent-based ant colony optimization approach

I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Assembly lines are frequently used as a production method to assemble complex products.
Two-sided assembly lines are utilized to assemble large-sized products (eg, cars, buses …

Type-E parallel two-sided assembly line balancing problem: Mathematical model and ant colony optimisation based approach with optimised parameters

I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
There are many factors which affect the performance of a complex production system.
Efficiency of an assembly line is one of the most important of these factors since assembly …

Multiple-colony ant algorithm for parallel assembly line balancing problem

L Ozbakir, A Baykasoglu, B Gorkemli, L Gorkemli - Applied Soft Computing, 2011 - Elsevier
Assembly lines are designed as flow oriented production systems which perform operations
on standardized products in a serial manner. Balancing of assembly lines is one of the most …

A mathematical model and genetic algorithm-based approach for parallel two-sided assembly line balancing problem

I Kucukkoc, DZ Zhang - Production Planning & Control, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Assembly lines are usually constructed as the last stage of the entire production system and
efficiency of an assembly line is one of the most important factors which affect the …

Lexicographic bottleneck mixed-model assembly line balancing problem: Artificial bee colony and tabu search approaches with optimised parameters

K Buyukozkan, I Kucukkoc, SI Satoglu… - Expert Systems with …, 2016 - Elsevier
The lexicographic bottleneck assembly line balancing problem is a recently introduced
problem which aims at obtaining a smooth workload distribution among workstations. This is …

Balancing mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly lines

DZ Zhang, I Kucukkoc - Proceedings of 2013 International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mass customization plays a significant role for customer satisfaction and for reaching global
markets in today's highly competitive changing world. However, customization brings …

Modeling and balancing of parallel U-shaped assembly line based on improved genetic algorithms

Y Jiao, L Huang, B Xu, Y Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Aiming at the improvement of the efficiency of the assembly line in the intelligent
manufacturing field, a parallel U-shaped assembly line balancing problem (PUALBP) …

[PDF][PDF] Assembly Line Balancing using the Valentine and Aseem Heuristic Algorithm (VAHA)

CV Ugo-Njoku, UJ Opara - International Journal, 2024 - researchgate.net
This study delves into the development and application of the Valentine and Aseem
Heuristic Algorithm (VAHA) as a different heuristic model to ALB problems. This was …