Multiple criteria approach and generation of efficient alternatives for machine-part family formation in group technology

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 837-846

  Malakooti, Behnam ^a   Yang, Ziyong ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY;

MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; PRODUCTIVITY RATE;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0036722534     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015557007084     Document Type: Article

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