Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm
Monotonous body postures during repetitive jobs negatively affect assembly-line workers with the developing of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs). Ergonomics specialists have offered auxiliary posture diversity to deal with the lack of varieties, especially for high-risk ones. Meanwhile,...
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| author | Cheshmehgaz, Hossein Rajabalipour Haron, Habibollah Kazemipour, Farahnaz Desa, Mohamad Ishak |
| author_facet | Cheshmehgaz, Hossein Rajabalipour Haron, Habibollah Kazemipour, Farahnaz Desa, Mohamad Ishak |
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| description | Monotonous body postures during repetitive jobs negatively affect assembly-line workers with the developing of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs). Ergonomics specialists have offered auxiliary posture diversity to deal with the lack of varieties, especially for high-risk ones. Meanwhile, Assembly Line Balancing (ALB) problem has been recognized as a prior thinking to (re)configure assembly lines via the balancing of their tasks among their workstations. Some conventional criteria, cycle time and overall workload are often considered during the balancing. This paper presents a novel model of ALB problem that incorporates assembly worker postures into the balancing. In addition to the conventional ALB criteria, a new criterion of posture diversity is defined and contributes to enhance the model. The proposed model suggests configurations of assembly lines via the balancing; so that the assigned workers encounter the opportunities of changing their body postures, regularly. To address uncertainties in the conventional criteria, a fuzzy goal programming is used, and an appropriate genetic algorithm is developed to deal with the model. Various computational tests are performed on the different models made with combinations of the three criteria mentioned above. Comparing the pay-offs among the combinations, results show that well balanced task allocation can be obtained through the proposed model. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-465532017-09-13T07:53:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/46553/ Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm Cheshmehgaz, Hossein Rajabalipour Haron, Habibollah Kazemipour, Farahnaz Desa, Mohamad Ishak QA76 Computer software Monotonous body postures during repetitive jobs negatively affect assembly-line workers with the developing of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs). Ergonomics specialists have offered auxiliary posture diversity to deal with the lack of varieties, especially for high-risk ones. Meanwhile, Assembly Line Balancing (ALB) problem has been recognized as a prior thinking to (re)configure assembly lines via the balancing of their tasks among their workstations. Some conventional criteria, cycle time and overall workload are often considered during the balancing. This paper presents a novel model of ALB problem that incorporates assembly worker postures into the balancing. In addition to the conventional ALB criteria, a new criterion of posture diversity is defined and contributes to enhance the model. The proposed model suggests configurations of assembly lines via the balancing; so that the assigned workers encounter the opportunities of changing their body postures, regularly. To address uncertainties in the conventional criteria, a fuzzy goal programming is used, and an appropriate genetic algorithm is developed to deal with the model. Various computational tests are performed on the different models made with combinations of the three criteria mentioned above. Comparing the pay-offs among the combinations, results show that well balanced task allocation can be obtained through the proposed model. 2012 Article PeerReviewed Cheshmehgaz, Hossein Rajabalipour and Haron, Habibollah and Kazemipour, Farahnaz and Desa, Mohamad Ishak (2012) Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm. Computer & Industrial Engineering, 63 . pp. 503-512. ISSN 0360-8352 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2012.03.017 |
| spellingShingle | QA76 Computer software Cheshmehgaz, Hossein Rajabalipour Haron, Habibollah Kazemipour, Farahnaz Desa, Mohamad Ishak Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm |
| title | Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm |
| title_full | Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm |
| title_fullStr | Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm |
| title_short | Accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi-criteria fuzzy-genetic algorithm |
| title_sort | accumulated risk of body postures in assembly line balancing problem and modeling through a multi criteria fuzzy genetic algorithm |
| topic | QA76 Computer software |
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