An Electromagnetism-like algorithm for cell formation and layout problem

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 2172-2182

  Jolai, Fariborz ^a   Tavakkoli Moghaddam, R ^a   Golmohammadi, A ^a   Javadi, Babak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell formation and layout; CMS; EM like algorithm

Indexed keywords

CELL FORMATION; CMS; CONVERGENCE DIAGRAM; CONVERGENCE PROCESS; ELECTROMAGNETISM-LIKE ALGORITHM; EM-LIKE ALGORITHM; EXACT ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC APPROACH; LAYOUT PROBLEMS; LOCAL SEARCH METHOD; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; QUALITY OF SOLUTION; SMALL SIZE;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 80054949352     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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