Abstract
U-shaped lines are considered to have a number of advantages over traditional lines. COMSOAL is a recurrent procedure for assembly lines balancing, and it stands for computer method for sequencing operations for assembly lines. In this paper, an improved U-COMSOAL is proposed to solve some problems of COMSOAL, the random picking part of the COMSOAL method is substituted by a ranked positional weight method, and takes both the predecessors and successors of the tasks into the account. Finally, a comparison of between the improved method and a classical method suggested by Ö. F. Baykoç was done, which illustrate the efficiency of U-COMSOAL.
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This work was supported by grants from the National Science and Technology Major Project of China [Grant No. 2013ZX04012071].
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XU, Ly., BÉLEC, L., LIU, W., GU, Qf., LI, Ap. (2015). Improved Computer Methods for Sequencing Operations for U-Shaped Assembly Lines. In: Qi, E., Shen, J., Dou, R. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management 2014. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-102-4_11
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