An approach to decomposition of manufacturing systems known as the group technology (GT) is surveyed. GT makes it possible to cluster machines into machine cells and parts into part families. There are two basic methods used for solving the GT problem: classification and modeling. Two variations of the classification method, visual and coding, are briefly discussed. The matrix and mathematical-programming formulations of the GT problem are presented along with algorithms for solving them.
Journal article
Decomposition of manufacturing systems
IEEE journal of robotics and automation, Vol.4(5), pp.457-471
10/1988
DOI: 10.1109/56.20430
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- Title: Subtitle
- Decomposition of manufacturing systems
- Creators
- A. Kusiak - University of ManitobaW.S. Chow - University of Manitoba
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- IEEE journal of robotics and automation, Vol.4(5), pp.457-471
- DOI
- 10.1109/56.20430
- ISSN
- 0882-4967
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1988
- Academic Unit
- Industrial and Systems Engineering; Nursing
- Record Identifier
- 9983557649602771
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