Note. Optimal Balancing of U-Shaped Assembly Lines

Timothy L. Urban
Additional contact information
Timothy L. Urban: Quantitative Methods and MIS Department, The University of Tulsa, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104

Management Science, 1998, vol. 44, issue 5, 738-741

Abstract: This note presents an integer programming formulation for determining the optimal balance for the U-line line balancing problem. It is shown that this model can optimally solve larger problems than previously reported.

Keywords: Line Balancing; U-Shaped Layouts; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (20)

Downloads: (external link)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.44.5.738 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:44:y:1998:i:5:p:738-741

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Management Science from INFORMS Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Asher ().