A Hybrid Unconscious Search Algorithm for Mixed-model Assembly Line Balancing Problem with SDST, Parallel Workstation and Learning Effect

Subject Areas : Strategic Management

Moein Asadi-Zonouz ¹ , Majid Khalili ² , Hamed Tayebi ³

1 - Department of Industrial ans Systems Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University Karaj Branch,Alborz,Iran
3 - Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University Karaj Branch, Alborz, Iran

Received: 2018-11-27 Accepted : 2020-06-01 Published : 2020-12-01

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