Cell formations in the uni-directional loop material handling environment

DOI10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00160-6zbMath1012.90518MaRDI QIDQ1600849

Shine-Der Lee, Chih-Ping Chiang

Publication date: 16 June 2002

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

zbMATH Keywords

heuristics; cell formation; cellular manufacturing system; Loop network layout

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B50: Management decision making, including multiple objectives

90C59: Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming

90B10: Deterministic network models in operations research

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