A decision support system for cell formation

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-109

  Tunali, S ^a   Ozmehmet, S ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Cell formation; Cellular manufacturing systems; Decision support system; Multi criteria decision analysis

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; USER INTERFACES;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CELL FORMATION MODULE; MULTICRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS MODULE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION MODULE;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037252347     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2003.000337     Document Type: Article

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