A Study on Sequencing Methods for Autonomous Complete Assembly Lines

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of sequencing methods for autonomous complete assembly lines. At first, we propose to set up a multi-channel buffers in each buffer storage, and we formulate the sequencing problem of determining the sequences for the lines. Then, we develop approximate sequencing methods to determine the cooperative and non-cooperative sequences for the lines. Finally, we numerically analyze the effects of the cooperative and non-cooperative sequences for self-completion assembly lines.