Disassembly Line: Balancing and Modeling

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.The definitive guide to the disassembly lineThe Disassembly Line: Balancing and Modeling provides in-depth information on this complex process essential to remanufacturing, recycling, and environmentally conscious manufacturing. This pioneering work offers efficient techniques required to solve problems involving the number of workstations required and the disassembly sequencing of end-of-life products on the disassembly line.In this book, the disassembly line balancing problem (DLBP) is described, defined mathematically, and illustrated by case studies. Combinatorial optimization methodologies are presented as solutions to the DLBP.Coverage includes:Graphical representations of products to be disassembledComputational complexity of combinatorial problemsDescription of the disassembly line and the mathematical modelComputational complexity of the DLBPCombinatorial optimization searchesExperimental instancesAnalytical methodologiesExhaustive searchGenetic algorithmAnt colony optimizationGreedy algorithmGreedy/adjacent element hill climbing hybridGreedy/2-opt hybridH-K heuristicQuantitative and qualitative comparative analysisThis authoritative volume also covers product planning, line and facility design, sequencing and scheduling, inventory, just in time, revenue, and unbalanced lines.

Seamus McGovern Ph.D., is an Electronics Engineerat the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center.He concurrently holds a commission in the U.S. NavyReserve as an Aerospace Engineering Duty Officer, aswell as a part-time industrial engineering facultyappointment at Northeastern University. A peerreviewer for six scientific journals, Dr. McGovern’sacademic efforts have been recognized with the awardof four competitive fellowships, 11 merit-based scholarships,election to three scholastic honor societies,and a national best dissertation prize.Surendra M. Gupta, Ph.D., is a Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and the director of the Laboratory for Responsible Manufacturing, NortheasternUniversity. He has authored or coauthoredwell over 400 technical papers published in books,journals and international conference proceedings.Dr. Gupta has taught over 100 courses in such areas asoperations research, inventory theory, queuing theory,engineering economy, supply chain management, andproduction planning and control. Among the manyrecognitions received, he is the recipient of the Outstanding Research Award and the Outstanding IndustrialEngineering Professor Award (in recognition ofteaching excellence) from Northeastern University aswell as a national Outstanding Doctoral DissertationAdvisor Award.