An efficiency frontier approach for the design of cellular manufacturing systems in a lumpy demand environment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 346-364

  Arzi, Yohanan ^a   Bukchin, Joseph ^b,c   Masin, Michael ^b  

^a ORT BRAUDE COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Genetic algorithm; Lumpy demand; Manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CORRELATION METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

LUMPY DEMAND; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODELS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035900038     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00253-8     Document Type: Article

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