An investigation on the Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) methods for solving the cell formation problem

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 709-712

  Ahi, Arshia ^a   Ashtiani, Behzad ^b   Aryanezhad, Mir Bahador ^b   Makui, Ahmad ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Multiple attribute decision making (MADM); SAW; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; OPERATING COSTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

CELL FORMATION PROBLEM; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING (MADM);

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 40649127237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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