Automated digital cause-and-effect diagrams to assist causal analysis in problem-solving: a data-driven approach

Z Xu, Y Dang - International Journal of Production Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Causal analysis is an integral part of product quality problem-solving (QPS). Quality
management within the manufacturing industry has generated a considerable amount of …

Optimal and heuristic solutions for placing multiple finite-size rectangular facilities in an existing layout

K Date, R Nagi - International Journal of Production Research, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In a companion paper (Date, K., and R. Nagi.[(2023) Optimal Placement of Multiple Finite-
size Rectangular Facilities in an Existing Layout. International Journal of Production …

A ninth bibliography of fractional programming

IM Stancu-Minasian - 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This bibliography of fractional programming is a continuation of eight previous
bibliographies by the author (Pure Appl. Math. Sci.(India), Vol. XIII, No. 1–2, 35–69, March …

A branch-and-bound algorithm for the cell formation problem

IE Utkina, MV Batsyn, EK Batsyna - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Cell Formation Problem (CFP) is an important optimisation problem in
manufacturing. It has been introduced in the Group Technology (GT) and its goal is to group …

NP-completeness of cell formation problem with grouping efficacy objective

MV Batsyn, EK Batsyna, IS Bychkov - International Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In the current paper we provide a proof of NP-completeness for the Cell Formation Problem
(CFP) with the fractional grouping efficacy objective function. First the CFP with a linear …

CoCAT: a new similarity coefficient for solving the machine-part cell formation problem

R Pichandi, NS Gupta, C Rajendran - Sādhanā, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents a new similarity measure (CoCAT) for finding the machine-part cells
from the machine-part incidence matrix. When compared with the non-Jaccardian similarity …

A novel approach to determine the cell formation using heuristics approach

S Shashikumar, RD Raut, VS Narwane, BB Gardas… - Opsearch, 2019 - Springer
Cellular manufacturing is a vital part of lean manufacturing. It is an application of group
technology. Three problems in cellular manufacturing are cell formation, machine layout and …

Parallel branch and bound algorithm for solving integer linear programming models derived from behavioral synthesis

MK Fallah, M Fazlali - Parallel Computing, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Integer Linear Programming (ILP) formulation of behavioral synthesis allows
hardware designers to implement efficient circuits considering resource and timing …

[HTML][HTML] Joint decision-making of virtual module formation and scheduling considering queuing time

L Mei, L Yue, S Ge - Data Science and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Formation and scheduling are the most important decisions in the virtual modular
manufacturing system; however, the global performance optimization of the system may be …

Comparison of different clustering methods for cellular manufacturing: a case of gym centre

IM Eliguzel, E Ozceylan - Procedia Computer Science, 2019 - Elsevier
Cellular manufacturing (CM) is a method of designing the plant layout which takes
advantage of similar parts/tasks to form machine cells within a particular part family. CM …