Growing interests from customers in customised products and increasing competitions among peers necessitate companies to configure their manufacturing systems more effectively than ever before. We propose a new assembly line system configuration for companies that need intelligent solutions to satisfy customised demands on time with existing resources. A mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly line system is introduced based on the parallel two-sided assembly line system previously proposed in the literature. The mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly line balancing problem is illustrated with examples from the perspective of simultaneous balancing and sequencing. An agent-based ant colony optimisation algorithm is proposed to solve the problem. This algorithm is the first attempt in the literature to solve an assembly line balancing problem with an agent-based ant colony optimisation approach. The algorithm is illustrated with an example and its operational procedures and principles are explained and discussed. © 2014 Taylor and Francis.
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Kucukkoc, I., & Zhang, D. Z. (2014). Simultaneous balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel two-sided assembly lines. International Journal of Production Research, 52(12), 3665–3687. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2013.879618
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