Bucket brigades on in-tree assembly networks

Bucket brigades on in-tree assembly networks

In a network of subassembly lines, balance becomes more difficult to achieve as it requires that all subassembly lines be synchronized to produce at the same rate. We show how to adapt the “bucket brigade” protocol of work-sharing so that balance emerges spontaneously.

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of operational research 2006-02, Vol.168 (3), p.870-879
Hauptverfasser: Bartholdi, John J., Eisenstein, Donald D., Lim, Yun Fong
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Assembly line
Assembly lines
Assembly network
Bucket brigade
Dynamical systems
Job sharing
Operations research
Self-organizing systems
Studies
Work-sharing
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Zusammenfassung:In a network of subassembly lines, balance becomes more difficult to achieve as it requires that all subassembly lines be synchronized to produce at the same rate. We show how to adapt the “bucket brigade” protocol of work-sharing so that balance emerges spontaneously.
ISSN:0377-2217
1872-6860
DOI:10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.034