A new mixed-integer linear programming formulation and particle swarm optimization based hybrid heuristic for the problem of resource investment and balancing of the assembly line with multi-manned workstations

dc.contributor.authorSahin, M
dc.contributor.authorKellegöz, T
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T11:53:33Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T11:53:33Z
dc.description.abstractResource investment and balancing problem of an assembly line with parallel multi-manned workstations can be defined as the assignment of tasks to reduce the cost of the line, which includes the cost of opened workstations and required renewable resources. Although mentioned problem has been commonly occurred in industrial environment that produce large scale products in high volumes, there have been restricted number of studies in the literature about this field. This article proposes a new mixed-integer linear programming approach that can be used in solving small size instances of the problem. In addition, a new hybrid method has been developed to solve larger scale instances by combining particle swarm optimization algorithm with a special constructive heuristic. In the constructive heuristic, serial schedule generation scheme widely used in solving resource constrained project scheduling problems has been adapted to resource investment problem with some modifications. Proposed metaheuristic has been compared against a tabu search and cuckoo search algorithm taken from the assembly line balancing literature. Many precedence diagrams commonly used in solving various assembly line balancing problems in the literature, have been used to generate test instances for the considered problem type. After solving these test instances using each solution methods, it has been observed that the proposed hybrid metaheuristic yielded the solutions, which have acceptable deviations from the lower bounds.
dc.identifier.issn0360-8352
dc.identifier.other1879-0550
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/5670
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherPERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.subjectDESIGN PROBLEM
dc.subjectSYSTEM-DESIGN
dc.subjectALGORITHM
dc.titleA new mixed-integer linear programming formulation and particle swarm optimization based hybrid heuristic for the problem of resource investment and balancing of the assembly line with multi-manned workstations
dc.typeArticle

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