Optimal Design of Transfer Lines with Blocks of Parallel Operations
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چکیده
This paper is devoted to a preliminary design problem of paced automatic transfer lines. The aim is to choose a logical layout of the line which minimises its cost subject to the given productivity and technological constraints. The paper focuses on a mathematical model of the problem and a method to solve it. The proposed method is based on the transformation of the initial problem into a constrained shortest path problem. Copyright2002 IFAC
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