Solving a new bi-objective model for a cell formation problem considering labor allocation by multi-objective particle swarm optimization

International Journal of Engineering, Transactions A: Basics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-258

  Tavakkoli Moghaddam, R ^a   Ghodratnama, A ^a   Makui, A ^b   Khazaei, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cell formation; Cellular manufacturing system; Labor allocation; Multi objective particle swarm optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CELLS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

BIOBJECTIVE MODEL; CELL FORMATION; CELL FORMATION PROBLEM; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; LABOR ALLOCATION; MULTI OBJECTIVE PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; NSGA-II; PROGRAMMING MODELS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84455189105     PISSN: 17281431     EISSN: 17359244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.ije.2011.24.03a.04     Document Type: Article

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