Association rule mining for product and process variety mapping

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-124

  Jiao, J ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Zhang, Y ^a   Pokharel, S ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Association rule mining; Mass customization; Product family; Production reconfiguration; Routing; Variety management

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION RULES; COMPETITION; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

ASSOCIATION RULE MINING; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; PROCESS VARIETY MAPPING; PRODUCT FAMILY; PRODUCTION RECONFIGURATION; VARIETY MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 35648990960     PISSN: 0951192X     EISSN: 13623052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09511920601182209     Document Type: Article

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