An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing

Fuzzy c-means (FCM) has been successfully adapted to solve the manufacturing cell formation problem. However, when the problem becomes larger and especially if the data is ill structured, the FCM may result in clustering errors, infeasible solutions, and uneven distribution of parts/machines. In thi...

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Main Authors: LI, J., CHU, Chao-Hsien, WANG, Y., YAN, W.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-27852013-03-15T10:12:03Z An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing LI, J. CHU, Chao-Hsien WANG, Y. YAN, W. Fuzzy c-means (FCM) has been successfully adapted to solve the manufacturing cell formation problem. However, when the problem becomes larger and especially if the data is ill structured, the FCM may result in clustering errors, infeasible solutions, and uneven distribution of parts/machines. In this paper, an improved fuzzy clustering algorithm is proposed to overcome the deficiencies of FCM. We tested the effects of algorithm parameters and compared its performance with the original and two popular FCM modifications. Our study shows that the proposed approach outperformed other alternatives. Most of the solutions it obtained are close to and in some cases better than the control solutions. 2007-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1786 info:doi/10.1080/00207540600634923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540600634923 Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Cellular manufacturing Cell formation Fuzzy clustering Fuzzy c-means Computer Sciences Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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country Singapore
Singapore
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topic Cellular manufacturing
Cell formation
Fuzzy clustering
Fuzzy c-means
Computer Sciences
Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
spellingShingle Cellular manufacturing
Cell formation
Fuzzy clustering
Fuzzy c-means
Computer Sciences
Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
LI, J.
CHU, Chao-Hsien
WANG, Y.
YAN, W.
An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing
description Fuzzy c-means (FCM) has been successfully adapted to solve the manufacturing cell formation problem. However, when the problem becomes larger and especially if the data is ill structured, the FCM may result in clustering errors, infeasible solutions, and uneven distribution of parts/machines. In this paper, an improved fuzzy clustering algorithm is proposed to overcome the deficiencies of FCM. We tested the effects of algorithm parameters and compared its performance with the original and two popular FCM modifications. Our study shows that the proposed approach outperformed other alternatives. Most of the solutions it obtained are close to and in some cases better than the control solutions.
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author LI, J.
CHU, Chao-Hsien
WANG, Y.
YAN, W.
author_facet LI, J.
CHU, Chao-Hsien
WANG, Y.
YAN, W.
author_sort LI, J.
title An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing
title_short An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing
title_full An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing
title_fullStr An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed An Improved Fuzzy Clustering Method for Cellular Manufacturing
title_sort improved fuzzy clustering method for cellular manufacturing
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2007
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540600634923
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