Meta-heuristics in cellular manufacturing: A state-of-the-art review

International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-122

  Ghosh, Tamal ^a   Sengupta, Sourav ^a   Chattopadhyay, Manojit ^b   Dan, Pranab K ^a  

^a MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PAILAN COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Evolutionary algorithms; Group technology; Meta heuristic; Review; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255194399     PISSN: 19232926     EISSN: 19232934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5267/j.ijiec.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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