A comparative study of Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization algorithms for the Time and Space Assembly Line Balancing Problem

• Published in: Applied soft computing Vol. 13; no. 11; pp. 4370 - 4382
• Main Authors: Rada-Vilela, Juan, Chica, Manuel, Cordón, Óscar, Damas, Sergio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2013
• Subjects: Ant Colony Optimization; Automotive industry; Multi-Objective Optimization; Time and Space Assembly Line Balancing Problem; Ant Colony Optimization; Time and Space Assembly Line Balancing Problem; Automotive industry; Multi-Objective Optimization

[Display omitted] •Assembly line balancing (ALB) is a classical and complex industrial problem.•Time and space assembly line balancing (TSALBP) is a realistic model for ALB.•We consider a TSALBP variant based on multiobjective optimization of time and space.•Different MOACO proposals are designed to...