Pilot cell formation problem to minimize total work content

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-307

  Mahesh, O ^a   Srinivasan, G ^b  

^a NBKR Institute of Science and Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Equivalent part of a part family; Group technology; Heuristics; Incremental cell; Pilot cell; Total work content

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

INCREMENTAL CELL; PILOT CELL;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0345549413     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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