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      Balancing of U-type assembly systems using simulated annealing

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      Author(s)
      Erel, E.
      Sabuncuoğlu İ.
      Aksu, B. A.
      Date
      2001
      Source Title
      International Journal of Production Research
      Print ISSN
      0020-7543
      Electronic ISSN
      1366-588X
      Publisher
      Taylor & Francis
      Volume
      39
      Issue
      13
      Pages
      3003 - 3015
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      The paper presents a new simulated annealing (SA)-based algorithm for the assembly line-balancing problem with a U-type con®guration. The proposed algorithm employs an intelligent mechanism to search a large solution space. U-type assembly systems are becoming increasingly popular in today’s modern production environments since they are more general than the traditional assem- bly systems. In these systems, tasks are to be allocated into stations by moving forward and backward through the precedence diagram in contrast to a typical forward move in the traditional assembly systems. The performance of the algorithm is measured by solving a large number of benchmark problems available in the literature. The results of the computational experiments indicate that the proposed SA-based algorithm performs quite eŒectively. It also yields the optimal solution for most problem instances. Future research directions and a compre- hensive bibliography are also provided here.
      Keywords
      Algorithms
      Assembly
      Mathematical models
      Simulated annealing
      Assembly lines
      Line balancing
      Production engineering
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/24810
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540110051905
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