A production system which consists of a number of parallel assembly lines is considered. On each line a certain product is manufactured observing a common cycle time. By arranging the lines in a favourable manner, it is possible to increase efficiency of the production system by combining...

Assembly line balancing problems (ALBPs) arise whenever an assembly line is configured, redesigned or adjusted. An ALBP consists of distributing the total workload for manufacturing products among the work stations along the line. On the one hand, research has focussed on developing effective...

Main description: Nach einer knappen Zusammenfassung graphentheoretischer Definitionen folgen eine allgemeine Darstellung des Prinzips und der Komponenten von Branch-and-Bound-Verfahren sowie prinzipieller Vorgehensweisen von Heuristiken. Kapitel 2 stellt mit der Behandlung von nichtlinearen...