Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Stochastic Sequence-Dependent Setup Times

There is limited number of papers which consider setup times in assembly line balancing literature. additionally, in these studies setup times are assumed as deterministic. nevertheless, task and setup times can include variation due to human factors, machine breakdowns, lack of equipment and environmental factors in real life applications. therefore, in this study assembly line balancing problem with stochastic sequence-dependent setup time is studied. a mathematical model is proposed for solving the problem and computational analysis is made on certain test problems.