Metrics and experimental data for assessing unbalanced disassembly lines.
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2011-01-01
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Alternative Title:Special issue on: unbalanced production line systems, merits and applications, guest editor: Dr. Sabry Shaaban
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Abstract:Disassembly lines are inherently multi-criteria, with balance having the possibility of
being one of the lower priorities. This is due to the fact that other criteria – for example,
removing valuable or hazardous materials early on in the process – may be of more importance
than obtaining an optimal balance. In addition, complete disassembly may not be desired,
required, or even possible, resulting in only partial disassembly being conducted. The result may
be a disassembly sequence that readily satisfies the decision maker’s primary requirements, but
at the expense of an unbalanced line. However, obtaining the decision maker’s primary
requirements may not sufficiently justify exceptionally poor balance. Alternatively, the
difference between a balanced disassembly line and one that is unbalanced – but at the expense
of other desirable criteria – may turn out to be so insignificant that a focus purely on balance may
obfuscate the benefits of considering other criteria. Therefore, metrics are also needed to
quantitatively evaluate the merits of all considered criteria, including the level of balance (or
unbalance). In this paper, a multi-criteria benchmark data set and associated metrics are
developed for use in quantitatively evaluating an unbalanced paced disassembly line. These data
and metrics are then demonstrated using an established disassembly line model and a
deterministic, multi-criteria search heuristic.
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