Concurrent Design of Cellular Manufacturing Systems: A Genetic Algorithm Approach

• Main Authors: WU, X. D, CHU, Chao-Hsien, WANG, Y. F., YAN, W.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Cellular manufacturing; Cell formation; Group layout; Genetic algorithms; Computer Sciences; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1162; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540500338252
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Cellular manufacturing (CM) has been recognized as an innovative practice for companies to regain competitive advantages under today's small-to-medium lot manufacturing environment. Among the necessary decisions for a successful CM implementation, cell formation (CF) and group layout (GL) are t...