Cell formation considering alternate routeings

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1361-1380

  Adil, G K ^a   Rajamani, D ^a   Strong, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MACHINE SHOPS; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

ALTERNATIVE ROUTEINGS; CELL FORMATION; DIAGONALIZATION; MACHINE GROUP; PART FAMILIES; PRODUCTION FLOW ANALYSIS; WEIGHTED SUM;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030143636     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207549608904970     Document Type: Article

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