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A heuristic network procedure for the assembly line balancing problem

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  • Peter A. Pinto
  • David G. Dannenbring
  • Basheer M. Khumawala

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Proposed is a Heuristic Network (HN) Procedure for balancing assembly lines. The procedure uses simple heuristic rules to generate a network which is then traversed using a shortest route algorithm to obtain a heuristic solution. The advantages of the HN Procedure are: a) it generally yields better solutions than those obtained by application of the heuristics, and b) sensitivity analysis with different values of cycle time is possible without having to regenerate the network. The rationale for its effectiveness and its application to problems with paralleling are presented. Computational experience with the procedure on up to 50 task test problems is provided.

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  • Peter A. Pinto & David G. Dannenbring & Basheer M. Khumawala, 1978. "A heuristic network procedure for the assembly line balancing problem," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 25(2), pages 299-307, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navlog:v:25:y:1978:i:2:p:299-307
    DOI: 10.1002/nav.3800250210
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