A comprehensive mathematical model for the design of cellular manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 767-783

  Defersha, Fantahun M ^a   Chen, Mingyuan ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternate routings; Cellular manufacturing; Dynamic cell configuration; Integer programming; Lot splitting; Workload balancing

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; COSTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ALTERNATE ROUTINGS; DYNAMIC CELL CONFIGURATION; LOT SPLITTING; WORKLOAD BALANCING;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33745841943     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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