An improved fuzzy clustering method for cellular manufacturing

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1049-1062

  Li, J ^a   Chu, C H ^b   Wang, Y ^a   Yan, W ^a  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Cellular manufacturing; Fuzzy c means; Fuzzy clustering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA STRUCTURES; FUZZY CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CELL FORMATION; FUZZY C MEANS; FUZZY CLUSTERING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 33847039679     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600634923     Document Type: Article

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