In this paper an improved set of benchmark instances for the simple assembly line balancing problem is presented. The benchmark set currently available consists of instances with 7 to 297 tasks to be executed. Although claims made in the literature state that instances with up to 1000 tasks can...

Im Bereich der Entwicklung elektronischer Leitstände werden derzeit große Anstrengungen unternommen, die Produktionsplanung und -steuerung wissensbasiert zu unterstützen. Von besonderem Interesse sind dabei Konzepte und Implementierungen wissensbasierter Leitstände zur Losgrößen-, Termin-...

In this paper a methodology designed for knowledge acquisition through literature is presented. It mainly fits strategic business problems, but is also applicable in domains with similar characteristics. In contrast to other methodologies that use documents in textual forms, this approach tries...