A Novel Approach for the Assembly Line Balancing Problem through In-tegration of Genetic Algorithm and Simulation Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
J. Peng ◽  
X. Liu ◽  
Z. Xu
2013 ◽  
Vol 816-817 ◽  
pp. 1169-1173
Author(s):  
Usman Attique ◽  
Abdul Ghafoor ◽  
Riaz Ahmed ◽  
Shahid Ikramullah

Various exact and heuristic methods have been proposed for assembly line balancing problem (ALBP) but unequal multiple operators have not been considered much. In this paper we present a novel approach of assembly line balancing Type-2 with unequal multiple operators by using an already developed code in Matlab (Tomlab modeling platform). The adopted approach can be applied at line balancing problems ranging from few to hundreds of work elements to achieve minimum cycle time with very less computational effort.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-ye Zhang

Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop an immune genetic algorithm (IGA) to solve the simple assembly line balancing problem of type 1 (SALBP-1). The objective is to minimize the number of workstations and workstation load for a given cycle time of the assembly line. Design/methodology/approach This paper develops a new solution method for SALBP-1, and a user-defined function named ψ(·) is proposed to convert all the individuals to satisfy the precedence relationships during the operation of IGA. Findings Computational experiments suggest that the proposed method is efficient. Originality/value An IGA is proposed to solve the SALBP-1 for the first time.


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