A hybrid simulated annealing algorithm to the cell formation problem with alternative process plans

2007 International Conference on Convergence Information Technology, ICCIT 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 199-203

  Wu, Tai Hsi ^a   Yeh, Jinn Yi ^b   Chang, Chin Chih ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Information Management

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANNEALING; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOLUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PLANS; CELL FORMATION PROBLEMS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MANUFACTURING CELL FORMATION; MUTATION OPERATORS; ROUTINGS; SEARCH PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING ALGORITHM; TEST PROBLEMS;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 49049097889     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCIT.2007.4420260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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