Development of bacteria foraging optimization algorithm for cell formation in cellular manufacturing system considering cell load variations

The cellular manufacturing system (CMS) is considered as an efficient production strategy for batch type production. The CMS relies on the principle of grouping machines into machine cells and grouping machine parts into part families on the basis of pertinent similarity measures. The bacteria forag...

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Main Authors: Nouri, Hossein, Tang, Sai Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28858/1/Development%20of%20bacteria%20foraging%20optimization%20algorithm%20for%20cell%20formation%20in%20cellular%20manufacturing%20system%20considering%20cell%20load%20variations.pdf