Research Article

A Multiobjective Optimization Algorithm to Solve the Part Feeding Problem in Mixed-Model Assembly Lines

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Notations used in the pseudocode.

Nearest available tour before the tth tour
Total number of bins for reference i
Number of assigned bins of reference i on tour t
Total number of delivered bins of reference i
The nearest integers greater than or equal to B
The nearest integers smaller than or equal to B
Set of available tours
Number of available tours
First candidate list on the tth tour
Second candidate list on the tth tour
Final candidate list on the tth tour
Set of consecutive removed tour(s) after the tth tour
Objective function of the new solution
Objective function of the current solution
Current solution
New solution
Best solution
A uniformly generated random number in the range of 0, 1
Number of iterations