Similarity and distance measures for cellular manufacturing. Part II. An extension and comparison

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1315-1326

  Shafer, S M ^a   Rogers, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SCHEDULING;

AVERAGE LINKAGE CLUSTERING; CELL FORMATION PROBLEM; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPLETE LINKAGE CLUSTERING; SIMILARITY AND DISTANCE MEASURES; SINGLE LINKAGE CLUSTERING; WARD'S CLUSTERING METHOD;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0027610411     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549308956793     Document Type: Article

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