Production data based similarity coefficient for machine-component grouping decisions in the design of a cellular manufacturing system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1990, Pages 1247-1269

  Gupta, Tarun ^a   Seifoddini, Ham Id ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING--ALGORITHMS; MACHINERY--SCHEDULING; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--MATRIX ALGEBRA;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MACHINE COMPONENT GROUPING; SIMILARITY COEFFICIENT BASED APPROACH;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 0025462618     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549008942791     Document Type: Article

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