Cell formation in industrial engineering theory, algorithms and experiments / Boris Goldengorin, Dmitry Krushinsky, Panos M. Pardalos.

SeriesSpringer optimization and its applications, 1931-6828 ; v. 79
Springer optimization and its applications ; v. 79. 1931-6828 ^A699289
Contents The Problem of Cell Formation: Ideas and Their Applications -- The p-Median Problem -- Application of the PMP to Cell Formation in Group Technology -- The Minimum Multicut Problem and an Exact Model for Cell Formation -- Multiobjective Nature of Cell Formation -- Pattern-Based Heuristic for the Cell Formation Problem in Group Technology -- Two Models and Algorithms for Bi-Criterion Cell Formation -- Summary and Conclusions.
Abstract This book focuses on a development of optimal, flexible, and efficient models and algorithms for cell formation in group technology. Its main aim is to provide a reliable tool that can be used by managers and engineers to design manufacturing cells based on their own preferences and constraints imposed by a particular manufacturing system. This tool could potentially lower production costs by minimizing other costs in a number of areas, thereby increasing profit in a manufacturing system. In the volume, the cell formation problem is considered in a systematic and formalized way, and several models are proposed, both heuristic and exact.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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