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2002, 21(1): 57-69 |
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F. Mokhatab Rafiee. Design of Manufacturing Cells with Two- Phase Model and A Heuristic Algorithm. Journal of Advanced Materials in Engineering (Esteghlal) 2002; 21 (1) :57-69
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Abstract: (5418 Views)
A Two-phase model for configuring a cellular manufacturing system is proposed. In phase (I), for the first time, number of cells is considered as a decision variable. In phase (II), pursing two different objectives, one minimization of underload and the other, maximization of similarity of parts within a group, the design procedure is performed. As one cannot have these two objects together, a heuristic algorithm based on cellular similarity coefficient and integration of two objects is proposed. The results confirmed that the proposed heuristic procedure has reasonable outcomes.
Keywords: manufacturing cell, cellular similarity coefficient, two-phase model, heuristic algorithm
