Designing cellular manufacturing systems by a truncated tree search

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-361

  Cheng, C H ^a   Madans, M S ^b   Motwan, J ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CELL FORMATION; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; TRUNCATED TREE SEARCH;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030086356     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549608904907     Document Type: Article

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