Optimization of cellular manufacturing systems design using the hybrid approach based on the ant colony and tabu search techniques

IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 668-673

  Ateme Nguema, B H ^a   Dao, T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ant systems; Cell formation problem; Flexible manufacturing; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY CONTROL; TABU SEARCH;

ANT SYSTEMS; CELL FORMATION PROBLEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA;

EID: 40649114763     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419274     Document Type: Conference Paper

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