A metaheuristic approach for selecting a common platform for modular products based on product performance and manufacturing cost

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-610

  Olivares Benitez, Elias ^a   Gonzalez Velarde, Jose Luis ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Common platform; Mass customization; Modular product; Scatter search; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; TABU SEARCH;

AGGREGATE OBJECTIVE FUNCTION; CASE STUDIES; COMMON PLATFORM; MANUFACTURING COSTS; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; META HEURISTIC; METAHEURISTIC APPROACHES; MODULAR PRODUCT; NON-LINEAR; OPTIMAL VALUES; OPTIMIZATION CRITERION; PRODUCT MODULARIZATION; PRODUCT PERFORMANCES; RUN TIMES; SCATTER SEARCH;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 52349099455     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-008-0129-x     Document Type: Article

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