A fuzzy analysis approach for part-machine grouping in cellular manufacturing systems

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 489-497

  Al Ahmari, A M A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Cluster analysis; Design; Fuzzy logics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FUZZY SETS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MACHINE DESIGN; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036448566     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060210442653     Document Type: Article

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