Pape, T;
(2014)
Heuristics and Lower Bounds for the Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem Type 1: Overview, Computational Tests and Improvements.
European Journal of Operational Research
, 240
(1)
32- 42.
10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.023.
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Abstract
Assigning tasks to work stations is an essential problem which needs to be addressed in an assembly line design. The most basic model is called simple assembly line balancing problem type 1 (SALBP-1). We provide a survey on 12 heuristics and 9 lower bounds for this model and test them on a traditional and a lately-published benchmark dataset. The present paper focuses on algorithms published before 2011. We improve an already existing dynamic programming and a tabu search approach significantly. These two are also identified as the most effective heuristics; each with advantages for certain problem characteristics. Additionally we show that lower bounds for SALBP-1 can be distinctly sharpened when merging them and applying problem reduction techniques.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Heuristics and Lower Bounds for the Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem Type 1: Overview, Computational Tests and Improvements |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.023 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.023 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2014 The Author. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Heuristic, lower bound, assembly line balancing, reduction technique, partitioning problem |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1437685 |
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