Formation of general GT cells: An operation-based approach

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Zhou, Ming ^a   Askin, Ronald G ^b  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COST ACCOUNTING; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

GENERALIZED GROUP TECHNOLOGY (GT) CELLS; MINIMUM INCREMENT HEURISTICS; SIMULATED ANNEALING HEURISTICS;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031618548     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(97)00157-5     Document Type: Article

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