Fuzzy multi-objective assembly line balancing problem: Fuzzy mathematical programming approach

Authors

  • A. Mahmoodirad Department of Applied Mathematics, Masjed-Soleiman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Masjed-Soleiman, Iran
  • m. sanei Departments of Applied Mathematics, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
  • S. Niroomand Department of Industrial Engineering, Firouzabad Institute of Higher Education, Firouzabad, Fars, Iran
Abstract:

Design of assembly line is done in order to more coordinate a collection of some consecutive work stations for the aim of obtaining more productivity from the work stations and workers. The stations are arranged in a way to have a continuous and constant material flow. In this paper a multi-objective formulation for assembly line balancing is introduced. As a solution approach a two-step approach is proposed. In the first step the problem in a fuzzy environment is converted to a crisp problem and in the second step an efficient solution of the crisp problem is found by fuzzy programming approach. The efficiency of the proposed approach is shown by a numerical example.

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Journal title

volume 2  issue 8

pages  5- 20

publication date 2017-02-19

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