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.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Flexible Assembly Systems-Hardware Components and Features
Chapter 2 : Issues in Design, Planning and Scheduling of Flexible Assembly
Chapter 3 : Loading and Routing Decisions in Flexible Assembly Systems
Chapter 4 : Loading and Routing Decisions with Assembly Plann Selection
Chapter 5 : Loading and Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Cells
Chapter 6 : Production Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Lines
Chapter 7 : Machine and Vehicle Scheduling in Flexible Assembly Systems
Reference
Index
