A part-machine assignment algorithm for cellular manufacturing with machine capacity constraints

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 483-486

  Moussa, Soha Eid ^a   Kamel, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular Manufacturing; Machine Capacity; Part Machine Assignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

MACHINE CAPACITY; PART-MACHINE ASSIGNMENT;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032307080     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0360-8352(98)00139-9     Document Type: Article

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