Modified Hamiltonian chain: A graph theoretic approach to group technology

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2459-2470

  Mukhopadhyay, S K ^a   Babu, K Ramesh ^b   Sai, K V Vijai ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING NITIE   (India)

^b Dr Reddy’s Laboratories ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; HAMILTONIANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

MACHINE SEQUENCES;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0034691905     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540050031869     Document Type: Article

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