Evolving knowledge for the solution of clustering problems in cellular manufacturing

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4119-4133

  Dimopoulos, C ^a   Mort, N ^b  

^a CYPRUS COLLEGE   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CELL-FORMATIONS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURE; MULTISTAGE PROCESSES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 5144228750     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540410001711845     Document Type: Article

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