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A genetic algorithm for robotic assembly line balancing
Flexibility and automation in assembly lines can be achieved by the use of robots. The robotic assembly line balancing (RALB) problem is defined for robotic assembly line, where d...
Gregory Levitin, Jacob Rubinovitz, Boris Shnits
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2006
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Applying machine based decomposition in 2-machine flow shops
The Shifting Bottleneck (SB) heuristic is among the most successful approximation methods for solving the Job Shop problem. It is essentially a machine based decomposition procedu...
Saral Mukherjee, A. K. Chatterjee
EOR
2006
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Modelling complex assemblies as a queueing network for lead time control
In this paper we develop an open queueing network for optimal design of multi-stage assemblies, in which each service station represents a manufacturing or assembly operation. The...
Amir Azaron, Hideki Katagiri, Kosuke Kato, Masatos...
EOR
2006
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Cyclic scheduling of a 2-machine robotic cell with tooling constraints
In this study, we deal with the robotic cell scheduling problem with two machines and identical parts. In an ideal FMS, CNC machines are capable of performing all the required ope...
Hakan Gultekin, M. Selim Akturk, Oya Ekin Karasan
EOR
2006
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A common notion of clockwise can help in planar rendezvous
Two players are lost in a grid of city streets and wish to meet as soon as possible. Knowing only the distribution of the other's initial location (two nodes away in one of t...
Steve Alpern, Vic Baston