Incremental cell formation considering alternative machines

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 3291-3310

  Mahesh, O ^a   Srinivasan, G ^b  

^a NBKR Institute of Science and Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HEURISTIC PROGRAMMING; MULTIPROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CELL FORMATION; MULTISTAGE PROGRAMMING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0037144860     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540210146189     Document Type: Article

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