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Multi-criteria decision making for assembly line balancing

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Assembly line balancing often has significant impact on performance of manufacturing systems, and is usually a multiple-objective problem. Neither an algorithmic nor a procedural assembly line balancing methodology is usually effective in solving these problems. This article proposes a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to solve an assembly line balancing problem. A computer-aided assembly line balancing tool as Flexible Line Balancing software is used to generate a considerable number of solutions alternatives as well as to generate quantitative decision-making unit outputs. The quantitative performance measures were considered in this article. Then DEA was used to solve the multiple-objective assembly line balancing problem. An illustrative example shows the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    F. Jolai, M. Jahangoshai Rezaee & A. Vazifeh

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Jolai, F., Jahangoshai Rezaee, M. & Vazifeh, A. Multi-criteria decision making for assembly line balancing. J Intell Manuf 20, 113–121 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10845-008-0107-3

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