Logical cell formation in FMS, using flexibility-based criteria

International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Kochikar, Vivekanand P ^a   Narendran, T T ^b  

^a INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LTD   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing flexibility; Reachability graphs

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GRAPH THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS CONTROL; SCHEDULING; AUTOMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

CELL FORMATION; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; REACHABILITY GRAPHS; LOGICAL CELL FORMATIONS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032041163     PISSN: 09206299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008049515026     Document Type: Article

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