caa a22 4500 475798686 CHVBK 20180406123731.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s001700050160 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s001700050160 Genetic Production Line-Balancing for the Hard Disk Drive Industry [Elektronische Daten] [Z. Y. Zhao, R. de Souza] Abstract.: Ever-increasing global competition compels enterprises to continuously improve the performance of their production lines. However, performance improvement in complex production is not easy. In this paper, a simulation-based intelligent production line balancing scheme is presented. The proposed method employs genetic algorithm integrating computer simulation to achieve optimal solutions. For a real-life production line, the proposed formalism can automatically determine an optimal configuration with specified performance indices. A real matrix chromosome coding and a parabolic chromosome selection are also discussed, and a detailed implementation in the Extend™ simulation environment is addressed and a realistic case study is presented. Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2000 Key words:Genetic algorithm nationallicence Hard disk drive assembly nationallicence Line-balancing nationallicence Zhao Z. Y. Centre for Engineering and Technology Management, School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, SG aut de Souza R. Centre for Engineering and Technology Management, School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, SG aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s001700050160 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s001700050160 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhao Z. Y. Centre for Engineering and Technology Management, School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, SG aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Souza R. Centre for Engineering and Technology Management, School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, SG aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer