AN OPTIMIZATION SCHEME FOR THE FUZZY COST-BASED ASSEMBLY LINE BALANCING PROBLEM FOR THE CASE OF NUZZLE PRODUCTION LINE IN PETROLEUM INDUSTRIES

Ali Mahmoodirad, Dragan Pamucar, Sadegh Niroomand

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10.22190 FUME250425032M
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In this study an assembly line configuration is obtained for the nuzzle production line in petroleum industries. This is an important product which is widely used petroleum industries. Therefore, applying an optimization scheme for obtaining an optimal configuration is necessary. For this aim, a cost-based mathematical formulation is proposed to obtain the optimal assembly line configuration. In this model, overall station establishment cost, fixed salary, and variable wages are optimized simultaneously. In order to be close to real-world situations, the problem is formulated in a triangular fuzzy environment, where the cost- and time-based parameters are represented by fuzzy values. The proposed fuzzy formulation is converted to a crisp form using a ME measure of fuzzy sets and numbers. Then, in order to evaluate the proposed crisp formulation, a case study from the petroleum industries of Iran is considered. Based on the performed experiments and obtained results, the best configuration of the assembly line is obtained, and a sensitivity analysis is performed as well.

Keywords

Assembly line balancing, Nuzzle production, Petroleum industry, Fuzzy sets and numbers, Mathematical modeling

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