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Sequencing for Assembly Lines with Integer Task Times

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  • William V. Gehrlein

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

  • James H. Patterson

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

Abstract

Two heuristic assembly line balancing procedures (the precedence matrix, enumeration method of Hoffman [Hoffman, Thomas R. 1963. Assembly line balancing with a precedence matrix. Management Sci. 9 (4, July).] and the biased sampling procedure of Arcus [Arcus, Alpert L. 1966. COMSOAL: A computer method for sequencing operations for assembly lines. E. S. Buffa, ed. Readings in Production and Operations Management. John Wiley, New York.]) are compared on the balances obtained and the computation time required to solve ALB problems. The use of Hoffman's technique with integer task times and a modified trial cycle time selection generally produces improved balances in less computation time for the problems examined. A modification to Hoffman's procedure for smoothing balance delay is also reported.

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  • William V. Gehrlein & James H. Patterson, 1975. "Sequencing for Assembly Lines with Integer Task Times," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 21(9), pages 1064-1070, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:21:y:1975:i:9:p:1064-1070
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.21.9.1064
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    1. Scholl, Armin & Becker, Christian, 2006. "State-of-the-art exact and heuristic solution procedures for simple assembly line balancing," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 168(3), pages 666-693, February.
    2. Fatih Ugurdag, H. & Rachamadugu, Ram & Papachristou, Christos A., 1997. "Designing paced assembly lines with fixed number of stations," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 102(3), pages 488-501, November.

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