Cell formation in group technology: a new approach
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Cell formation using tabu search
Computers and Industrial Engineering - Collection of papers on Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
A tabu search approach to the cell formation problem
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Cell formation in group technology: review, evaluation and directions for future research
Computers and Industrial Engineering - Cellular manufacturing systems: design, analysis and implementation
Relative performances of similarity and dissimilarity measures
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Fuzzy Clustering Using A Compensated Fuzzy Hopfield Network
Neural Processing Letters
Multiple objective decision making approach to cell formation: A goal programming model
Mathematical and Computer Modelling: An International Journal
Optimal feedrate scheduling for a reconfigurable lathe
ACMOS'08 Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS International Conference on Automatic Control, Modelling & Simulation
Reconfigurable machine tool programming: a new approach
WSEAS Transactions on Systems and Control
Application of analytic hierarchy process in just-in-time manufacturing systems: a review
International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies
Some considerations on inventory-based capacity scalability policies in RMSs
ICOSSSE'10 Proceedings of the 9th WSEAS international conference on System science and simulation in engineering
Computers and Industrial Engineering
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The aim of this work is to establish a methodology for an effective working of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (RMSs). These systems are the next step in manufacturing, allowing the production of any quantity of highly customised and complex products together with the benefits of mass production. In RMSs, products are grouped into families, each of which requires a system configuration. The system is configured to produce the first family of products. Once it is finished, the system is reconfigured in order to produce the second family, and so forth. Therefore, the effectiveness of a RMS depends on the formation of the best set of product families. Therefore, a methodology for grouping products into families, which takes into account the requirements of products in RMSs, is an issue of core importance. These requirements are modularity, commonality, compatibility, reusability, and product demand. The methodology starts by calculating, for each product requirement, a matrix that summarises the similarity between pairs of products. Then, through the use of the AHP methodology, a unique matrix that comprises the similarity values between products is obtained. The Average Linkage Clustering algorithm is applied to this matrix in order to obtain a dendogram that shows the diverse sets of product families that may be formed.