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Abandoning the moving assembly line: models of human operators and job sequencing

JOHN A. BUZACOTT Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
Pages 821-839 | Received 01 Aug 1989, Published online: 30 Mar 2007

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John A. Buzacott. (2013) Then and now – 50 years of production research. International Journal of Production Research 51:23-24, pages 6756-6768.
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A. BOLAT. (1994) Sequencing jobs on an automobile assembly line: objectives and procedures. International Journal of Production Research 32:5, pages 1219-1236.
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C. F. DAGANZO & D. E. BLUMENFELD. (1994) Assembly system design principles and tradeoffs. International Journal of Production Research 32:3, pages 669-681.
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RAM RACHAMADUGU & J. G. SHANTHIKUMAR. (1991) Layout considerations in assembly line design. International Journal of Production Research 29:4, pages 755-768.
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Ullah Saif, Zailin Guan, Baoxi Wang, Jahanzeb Mirza & Shiyang Huang. (2014) A survey on assembly lines and its types. Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering 9:2, pages 95-105.
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John A. Buzacott. 2013. Handbook of Stochastic Models and Analysis of Manufacturing System Operations. Handbook of Stochastic Models and Analysis of Manufacturing System Operations 1 28 .
Hossein Rajabalipour Cheshmehgaz, Habibollah Haron, Farahnaz Kazemipour & Mohamad Ishak Desa. (2012) Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm. Computers & Industrial Engineering 63:2, pages 503-512.
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Michael Zapf, Ute Lindheimer & Armin Heinzl. (2006) The myth of accelerating business processes through parallel job designs. Information Systems and e-Business Management 5:2, pages 117-137.
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Christian Becker & Armin Scholl. (2006) A survey on problems and methods in generalized assembly line balancing. European Journal of Operational Research 168:3, pages 694-715.
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John A. Buzacott. 2003. Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains. Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains 21 52 .
Dooyoung Shin & Hokey Min. (2001) On the effectiveness of on‐line repair policy: quality failure costs perspective. Integrated Manufacturing Systems 12:2, pages 152-162.
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Georg Frey. (2000) Modellierung flexibler Fertigungslinien und Bestimmung gültiger Produktionsfolgen mit Hilfe einer ereignisdiskreten Zustandsbeschreibung (Modelling of Flexible Assembly Lines and Production Sequencing Based on a Discrete State Description). auto 48:1, pages 16.
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Georg Frey. (2000) Assembly line sequencing based on Petri-net T-invariants. Control Engineering Practice 8:1, pages 63-69.
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Georg Frey, Kai Moßig & Mark Schnabel. (1998) Assembly Line Sequencing Based on Petri-Net T-Invariants. IFAC Proceedings Volumes 31:15, pages 77-82.
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M. Chan & B. Szabados. (1998) A novel representation of tandem systems with inter-stage storage applied to on-line system monitoring. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 14:3, pages 220-227.
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Dooyoung Shin & Hokey Min. (1995) An analysis of line‐stop strategy in just‐in‐time manufacturing. International Journal of Operations & Production Management 15:9, pages 104-115.
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Rajan Suri, Jerry L. Sanders & Manjunath Kamath. 1993. Logistics of Production and Inventory. Logistics of Production and Inventory 199 286 .
N. Venkatasubramanyan & J. L. Sanders. (1992) Order restoration in queues. Queueing Systems 12:3-4, pages 409-429.
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Yves Dallery & Stanley B. Gershwin. (1992) Manufacturing flow line systems: a review of models and analytical results. Queueing Systems 12:1-2, pages 3-94.
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