%0 Journal Article
	%A Saif Ullah and  Guan Zailin and  Xu Xianhao and  He Zongdong and  Wang Baoxi
	%D 2015
	%J International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 97, 2015
	%T Multi Objective Simultaneous Assembly Line Balancing and Buffer Sizing
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000449
	%V 97
	%X Assembly line balancing problem is aimed to divide
the tasks among the stations in assembly lines and optimize some
objectives. In assembly lines the workload on stations is different
from each other due to different tasks times and the difference in
workloads between stations can cause blockage or starvation in some
stations in assembly lines. Buffers are used to store the semi-finished
parts between the stations and can help to smooth the assembly
production. The assembly line balancing and buffer sizing problem
can affect the throughput of the assembly lines. Assembly line
balancing and buffer sizing problems have been studied separately in
literature and due to their collective contribution in throughput rate of
assembly lines, balancing and buffer sizing problem are desired to
study simultaneously and therefore they are considered concurrently
in current research. Current research is aimed to maximize
throughput, minimize total size of buffers in assembly line and
minimize workload variations in assembly line simultaneously. A
multi objective optimization objective is designed which can give
better Pareto solutions from the Pareto front and a simple example
problem is solved for assembly line balancing and buffer sizing
simultaneously. Current research is significant for assembly line
balancing research and it can be significant to introduce optimization
approaches which can optimize current multi objective problem in
future.

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