{"product_id":"the-disassembly-line-seamus-m-mcgovern-9780071622875","title":"The Disassembly Line: Balancing and Modeling","description":"\u003cb\u003ePublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive guide to the disassembly line\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Disassembly Line: Balancing and Modeling\u003c\/i\u003e provides in-depth information on this complex process essential to remanufacturing, recycling, and environmentally conscious manufacturing. This pioneering work offers efficient techniques required to solve problems involving the number of workstations required and the disassembly sequencing of end-of-life products on the disassembly line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the disassembly line balancing problem (DLBP) is described, defined mathematically, and illustrated by case studies. Combinatorial optimization methodologies are presented as solutions to the DLBP.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoverage includes: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGraphical representations of products to be disassembled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComputational complexity of combinatorial problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescription of the disassembly line and the mathematical model\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComputational complexity of the DLBP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombinatorial optimization searches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExperimental instances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalytical methodologies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExhaustive search\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenetic algorithm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnt colony optimization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreedy algorithm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreedy\/adjacent element hill climbing hybrid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreedy\/2-opt hybrid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eH-K heuristic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuantitative and qualitative comparative analysis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative volume also covers product planning, line and facility design, sequencing and scheduling, inventory, just in time, revenue, and unbalanced lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seamus M. McGovern,Surendra M. Gupta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 007162287X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780071622875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McGraw-Hill Companies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Seamus M. McGovern","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086366028031,"sku":"9780071622875","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03a46c7f-c5e7-49ac-ae78-212c85885428.jpg?v=1769094279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-disassembly-line-seamus-m-mcgovern-9780071622875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}