Grouping efficiency measures and their impact on factory measures for the machine-part cell formation problem: A simulation study

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-78

  Keeling, Kellie B ^a   Brown, Evelyn C ^b   James, Tabitha L ^a  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grouping capability index; Grouping efficacy; Grouping genetic algorithm

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THROUGHPUT;

FACTORY MEASURES; GROUPING CAPABILITY INDEX; GROUPING EFFICACY; GROUPING GENETIC ALGORITHM;

MACHINE COMPONENTS;

EID: 33750621453     PISSN: 09521976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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