Heuristic approaches for part assignment in cell formation

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 329-341

  Mukattash, A M ^a   Adil, M B ^b   Tahboub, K K ^c  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iraq)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Group technology; Heuristics; Machine cell formation; Part assignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINE COMPONENTS;

MACHINE CELL FORMATION;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0037061428     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-8352(02)00020-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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