A differential evolution approach for machine cell formation

2008 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, IEEM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 772-775

  Kao, Yucheng ^a   Lin, Jin Cherng ^a   Wu, Jian Kuan ^a  

^a TATUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Differential evolution; Group technology

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CELL FORMATION; CELL FORMATION PROBLEMS; CLUSTER CENTERS; DATA CLUSTERING; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION; DIFFERENTIAL EVOLUTION ALGORITHMS; MACHINE CELLS; NEW APPROACHES; PART FAMILIES; TEST PROBLEMS;

GROUP TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 62749183639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2008.4737974     Document Type: Conference Paper

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