Cell formations in the uni-directional loop material handling environment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 401-420

  Lee, Shine Der ^a   Chiang, Chih Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Cellular manufacturing system; Heuristics; Loop network layout

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MATERIALS HANDLING;

MACHINE CELLS;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036497487     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00160-6     Document Type: Article

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