A novel approach to determine cell formation, intracellular machine layout and cell layout in the CMS problem based on TOPSIS method

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1478-1496

  Ahi, Arshia ^a   Aryanezhad, Mir B ^a   Ashtiani, Behzad ^a   Makui, Ahmad ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing system (CMS); Group technology (GT); Multiple attribute decision making (MADM); SAW; TOPSIS

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE FILTERS; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; AVIONICS; CELLS; CELLULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; CYTOLOGY; FLOW OF SOLIDS; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; MACHINE DESIGN; SOLENOIDS; SOLUTIONS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

BINARY NUMBERS; CELL FORMATIONS; CELL LAYOUTS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM (CMS); CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; CLUSTERING METHODS; COMMON PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; IDEAL SOLUTIONS; INCIDENCE MATRIXES; INITIAL SOLUTIONS; MACHINE LAYOUTS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING (MADM); MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKINGS; OPERATIONAL SEQUENCES; PROBLEM BASED; PRODUCTION COSTS; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTION VOLUMES; TOPSIS; TOPSIS METHODS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 56149088303     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2008.02.012     Document Type: Article

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