A procedure to solve the CORV problem

Abstract

Sequencing units on assembly lines in order to attenuate rate variations in resource consumption is a problem that has received growing attention in recent years. In this work, we deal with a particular case, the constrained output rate variation (CORV) problem, that seems to be better adapted than other views to real industry problems, especially in car production systems. After giving a general introduction and formulation, a procedure is described to obtain the searched sequence.