Ebook: Production Planning and Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Systems

The book familiarizes the reader with the flexible assembly systems planning and scheduling issues and various operations research modelling and solution approaches. Some of the many topic highlights presented are the overall structure and components of a flexible assembly system, bi-objective integer programming models and algorithms for machine loading, assembly routing, and assembly plan selection, and fast combinatorial heuristics for scheduling flexible assembly lines with limited intermediate buffers. Also the book deals with just-in-time scheduling of flexible assembly lines, and dynamic dispatching algorithms for simultaneous scheduling of assembly stations and automated guided vehicles.

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The book familiarizes the reader with the flexible assembly systems planning and scheduling issues and various operations research modelling and solution approaches. Some of the many topic highlights presented are the overall structure and components of a flexible assembly system, bi-objective integer programming models and algorithms for machine loading, assembly routing, and assembly plan selection, and fast combinatorial heuristics for scheduling flexible assembly lines with limited intermediate buffers. Also the book deals with just-in-time scheduling of flexible assembly lines, and dynamic dispatching algorithms for simultaneous scheduling of assembly stations and automated guided vehicles.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Flexible Assembly Systems — Hardware Components and Features....Pages 1-15
Issues in Design, Planning and Scheduling of Flexible Assembly....Pages 17-39
Loading and Routing Decisions in Flexible Assembly Systems....Pages 41-86
Loading and Routing Decisions with Assembly Plan Selection....Pages 87-105
Loading and Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Cells....Pages 107-116
Production Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Lines....Pages 117-161
Machine and Vehicle Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Systems....Pages 163-195
Back Matter....Pages 197-207

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The book familiarizes the reader with the flexible assembly systems planning and scheduling issues and various operations research modelling and solution approaches. Some of the many topic highlights presented are the overall structure and components of a flexible assembly system, bi-objective integer programming models and algorithms for machine loading, assembly routing, and assembly plan selection, and fast combinatorial heuristics for scheduling flexible assembly lines with limited intermediate buffers. Also the book deals with just-in-time scheduling of flexible assembly lines, and dynamic dispatching algorithms for simultaneous scheduling of assembly stations and automated guided vehicles.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Flexible Assembly Systems — Hardware Components and Features....Pages 1-15
Issues in Design, Planning and Scheduling of Flexible Assembly....Pages 17-39
Loading and Routing Decisions in Flexible Assembly Systems....Pages 41-86
Loading and Routing Decisions with Assembly Plan Selection....Pages 87-105
Loading and Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Cells....Pages 107-116
Production Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Lines....Pages 117-161
Machine and Vehicle Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Systems....Pages 163-195
Back Matter....Pages 197-207
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