%0 Journal Article %T A cost based mathematical formulation for U-type assembly line balancing problem %J Annals of Optimization Theory and Practice %I Firouzabad Institute of Higher Education %Z 2588-3666 %A Khorram, Morteza %D 2018 %\ 02/01/2018 %V 1 %N 1 %P 11-21 %! A cost based mathematical formulation for U-type assembly line balancing problem %K U-type assembly line balancing problem %K Mathematical Modeling %K Cost based objective function %R 10.22121/aotp.2018.109416.1005 %X This paper focuses on formulating a typical U-type assembly line balancing problem. A cost based objective function including equipment cost, worker time related cost, and station opening cost is introduced to be minimized in existence of a constant cycle time. Finally, efficiency of the proposed formulation of the introduced problem is studied and tested over some benchmarks. %U https://aotp.fabad-ihe.ac.ir/article_55450_3de2b8585c360e5d77ed9fa4b7b24843.pdf