Sequence-dependent clustering of parts and machines: A Fuzzy ART neural network approach

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2793-2816

  Suresh, N C ^a   Slomp, J ^b   Kaparthi, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY SETS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN MATCHING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

MIXTURE-MODEL METHOD; PART-MACHINE MATRIX; SEQUENCE-DEPENDENT CLUSTERING METHOD;

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032669540     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499190527     Document Type: Article

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