{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2034411183","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629121","title":"Uninformed and probabilistic distributed agent combinatorial searches for the unary NP-complete disassembly line balancing problem","display_name":"Uninformed and probabilistic distributed agent combinatorial searches for the unary NP-complete disassembly line balancing problem","publication_year":2005,"publication_date":"2005-11-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2034411183","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629121","mag":"2034411183"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1117/12.629121","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629121","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629121","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S183492911","display_name":"Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE","issn_l":"0277-786X","issn":["0277-786X","1996-756X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315543","host_organization_name":"SPIE","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315543"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SPIE"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"SPIE Proceedings","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"volume":null,"type":"conference-paper","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111730139","display_name":"Seamus M. McGovern","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12912129","display_name":"Northeastern University","ror":"https://ror.org/04t5xt781","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12912129"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Seamus M. McGovern","raw_affiliation_strings":["Northeastern Univ. (United States)","Northeastern University United States"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Northeastern Univ. (United States)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12912129"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Northeastern University United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12912129"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5037740806","display_name":"Surendra M. Gupta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6194-2857","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6194-2857"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I12912129","display_name":"Northeastern University","ror":"https://ror.org/04t5xt781","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I12912129"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Surendra M. Gupta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Northeastern Univ. (United States)","Northeastern University United States"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Northeastern Univ. (United States)","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12912129"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Northeastern University United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12912129"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I12912129"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.3329,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":20,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8264371,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"5997","issue":null,"first_page":"59970B","last_page":"59970B"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12782","display_name":"Assembly Line Balancing Optimization","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12782","display_name":"Assembly Line Balancing Optimization","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11159","display_name":"Manufacturing Process and Optimization","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10551","display_name":"Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/disassembly-line-balancing","display_name":"disassembly line balancing","score":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ant-colony-optimization","display_name":"ant colony optimization","score":0.7990000247955322},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/combinatorial-optimization","display_name":"combinatorial optimization","score":0.8330000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/workstation-minimization","display_name":"workstation minimization","score":0.8389999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/remanufacturing","display_name":"remanufacturing","score":0.824999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/end-of-life-products","display_name":"end-of-life products","score":0.6399999856948853}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78023250","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q657596","display_name":"Unary operation","level":2,"score":0.6497694253921509},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.6329705715179443},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6273421049118042},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52692508","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333872","display_name":"Combinatorial optimization","level":2,"score":0.5671918392181396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49937458","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2599292","display_name":"Probabilistic logic","level":2,"score":0.5626494288444519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778738845","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1521829","display_name":"Remanufacturing","level":2,"score":0.49424079060554504},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26713055","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245962","display_name":"Implementation","level":2,"score":0.46773821115493774},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C198352243","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37105","display_name":"Line (geometry)","level":2,"score":0.4666697084903717},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67953723","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192525","display_name":"Workstation","level":2,"score":0.4540889263153076},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87219788","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q814581","display_name":"Bin packing problem","level":3,"score":0.4282558262348175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.42339539527893066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16320812","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1812200","display_name":"Idle","level":2,"score":0.4171536862850189},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778112365","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3511065","display_name":"Sequence (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4109501838684082},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.2607341706752777},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.2160108983516693},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1640547811985016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C156273044","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913766","display_name":"Bin","level":2,"score":0.16000857949256897},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.12790292501449585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118615104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121416","display_name":"Discrete mathematics","level":1,"score":0.11505323648452759},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54355233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7162","display_name":"Genetics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1117/12.629121","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629121","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.629121","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S183492911","display_name":"Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE","issn_l":"0277-786X","issn":["0277-786X","1996-756X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","norway-1"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310315543","host_organization_name":"SPIE","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310315543"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SPIE"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"SPIE Proceedings","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","score":0.4943999946117401}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":1,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2011039300"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1977175513","https://openalex.org/W7008575426","https://openalex.org/W2102207689","https://openalex.org/W2914834656","https://openalex.org/W6996674158","https://openalex.org/W7024739529","https://openalex.org/W2025406722","https://openalex.org/W2515918945","https://openalex.org/W7064490802","https://openalex.org/W2176527682"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Disassembly":[0],"takes":[1],"place":[2],"in":[3],"remanufacturing,":[4],"recycling,":[5],"and":[6,30,84,91,107,130],"disposal,":[7],"with":[8],"a":[9,23,98],"line":[10,19,64],"being":[11],"the":[12,43,62,74,104,114,120,125,128],"best":[13],"choice":[14],"for":[15,58],"automation.":[16],"The":[17],"disassembly":[18,63],"balancing":[20,65],"problem":[21],"seeks":[22],"sequence":[24],"which:":[25],"is":[26,46,68],"feasible,":[27],"minimizes":[28],"workstations,":[29],"ensures":[31],"similar":[32],"idle":[33],"times,":[34],"as":[35,37],"well":[36],"other":[38],"end-of-life":[39],"specific":[40],"concerns.":[41],"Finding":[42],"optimal":[44],"balance":[45],"computationally":[47],"intensive":[48],"due":[49,133],"to":[50,61,71,73,102,122,134],"exponential":[51],"growth.":[52],"Combinatorial":[53],"optimization":[54],"methods":[55,88],"hold":[56],"promise":[57],"providing":[59],"solutions":[60],"problem,":[66],"which":[67],"proven":[69],"here":[70],"belong":[72],"class":[75],"of":[76,117,127,136],"unary":[77],"NP-complete":[78],"problems.":[79],"Probabilistic":[80],"(ant":[81],"colony":[82],"optimization)":[83],"uninformed":[85],"(H-K)":[86],"search":[87,105],"are":[89,95],"presented":[90],"compared.":[92],"Numerical":[93],"results":[94],"obtained":[96],"using":[97],"recent":[99],"case":[100],"study":[101],"illustrate":[103],"implementations":[106],"compare":[108],"their":[109,131],"performance.":[110],"Conclusions":[111],"drawn":[112],"include":[113],"consistent":[115],"generation":[116],"near-optimal":[118],"solutions,":[119],"ability":[121],"preserve":[123],"precedence,":[124],"speed":[126],"techniques,":[129],"practicality":[132],"ease":[135],"implementation.":[137]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-11-07T11:25:07.637180","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}