Soft-computing-based approaches to the group technology problem: A state-of-the-art review

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3335-3357

  Venugopal, V ^a  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; FUZZY SETS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

COMPETITIVE LEARNING MODELS; PRODUCTION FLOW ANALYSIS (PFA); SOFT-COMPUTING BASED METHODS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0032690779     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499190310     Document Type: Article

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