A new fuzzy-C-means and assignment technique- based cell formation algorithm to perform part-type clusters and machine-type clusters separately

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 375-388

  Susanto, Sani ^a   Kennedy, Robert D ^b   Price, John W H ^b  

^a PARAHYANGAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Fuzzy c means; Fuzzy c partition; Machine type cluster; Part type cluster

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; FUZZY SETS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CHU/HAYYA METHOD; MACHINE-TYPE CLUSTERS; PART-TYPE CLUSTERS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032629654     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372899233127     Document Type: Article

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