Assembly line worker integration and balancing problem

• Grant number: 13/16756-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: November 08, 2013
• End date: September 07, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Production Engineering - Operational Research
• Principal Investigator: Franklina Maria Bragion de Toledo
• Grantee: Mayron César de Oliveira Moreira
• Supervisor: Jean-François Cordeau
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur les Réseaux d'Entreprise, la Logistique et le Transport (CIRRELT), Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/19983-6 - The assembly line and worker assignment balancing problem and extensions, BP.DR

Abstract

This research project investigates efficient algorithms for solving two extensions of the assembly line worker integration and balancing problem (ALWIBP). This problem arises in manufacturing systems with heterogeneous workers, such as sheltered work centers for disabled or conventional companies employing people with disabilities. In this context, the main objective is to maintain high productivity levels while integrating the disabled workers into the workforce. Motivated by the social and scientific challenges of such problem, our goal is to propose mathematical models and fast and efficient solution methods in order to tackle these problems. (AU)