Cascading flowlines and layout modules: Practical strategies for machine duplication in facility layouts

DOI10.1007/S10696-006-8124-ZMaRDI QIDQ2642453zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shahrukh A. Irani, Heng Huang

Publication date 17 August 2007

Published in International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10696-006-8124-z

zbMATH Keywords

FMSCascading flowline layoutHybrid cellular layoutJobshopModular layout

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production models (90B30) Continuous location (90B85)

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• Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences
• Cell formation: the need for an integrated solution of the subproblems
• Cluster Analysis: An Application of Lagrangian Relaxation
• Depth-First Search and Linear Graph Algorithms
• Enhanced Model Formulations for Optimal Facility Layout
• Facility layout design in a changing environment
• Fractal layout organization for job shop environments
• Problem Decomposition and Data Reorganization by a Clustering Technique
• Production Flow Analysis and Simplification Toolkit (PFAST)

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• A two-phase procedure for duplicating bottleneck machines in a linear layout, cellular manufacturing system

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Uses Software

• PFAST

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