A weighted approach for cellular manufacturing design: Minimizing intercell movement and balancing workload among duplicated machines

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1125-1146

  Lee, S D ^a   Chen, Y L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY (GT);

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031118570     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497195588     Document Type: Article

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