Grouping operations in cellular manufacturing considering alternative routings and the impact of run length on product quality

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 989-1013

  Cao, D ^a   Defersha, F M ^b   Chen, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative routings; Cellular manufacturing; Genetic algorithm; Product quality

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; ALTERNATIVE ROUTINGS; CELL FORMATIONS; DEVELOPED MODELS; LOT SPLITTING; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING MODELS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; PRODUCT QUALITIES; PRODUCT QUALITY; PRODUCTION RUNS; RUN LENGTHS; SOLUTION METHODS; SOLUTION PROCEDURES;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 57049095933     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701529543     Document Type: Article

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