‘BALANCING AND SEQUENCING’ VERSUS ‘ONLY BALANCING’ IN MIXED MODEL U-LINE ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

Subject Areas : International Journal of Mathematical Modelling & Computations

Masoud Rabbani ¹ , Zohreh Zahedian-Tejenaki ² , Farnoush Otrody ³ , Amir Farshbaf-Geranmyeh ⁴

1 - College of Engineering, University of Tehran Iran, Islamic Republic of Industrial Engineering
2 - School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran Iran, Islamic Republic of
3 - School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran Iran, Islamic Republic of
4 - School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran Iran, Islamic Republic of

Received: 2016-04-15 Accepted : 2016-04-15 Published : 2016-03-20

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