Cell formation in manufacturing systems through simulated annealing: An experimental evaluation

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(92)90158-6zbMath0766.90034MaRDI QIDQ1207537

S. Singh

Publication date: 1 April 1993

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(92)90158-6

zbMATH Keywords

sensitivity; manufacturing system; simulated annealing; random search; design of cells; machine-component grouping problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B35: Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research

90B30: Production models

90C27: Combinatorial optimization

90-08: Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming

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