This article demonstrates effective techniques for component/part family formation problem in the vicinity of cellular manufacturing system. Past investigations reported that part family formation techniques are typically grounded on production flow analysis (PFA) which largely considers...

In this paper, a novel and potent approach of the use of Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Map (GHSOM) for organization and visualization of machine-part cell formation has been proposed for the first time. The results are compared with the ones obtained by the ART1 algorithm on 14 problems...

This explorative article endeavors to identify sectors originating polyethylene products with a substantial repository of recyclable packaging substances and proposes a mechanized appliance which could salvage that ductile packaging scrap and regenerate closely similar product by means of an...

Despite the significance of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) algorithm to market segmentation, there is a need of a comprehensive literature review and a classification system for it towards identification of future trend of market segmentation research. The present work is the first identifiable...

Genetic algorithm is believed to be the most robust unbiased stochastic search algorithm for sampling a large solution space. Considering the steady convergence framework of genetic algorithm, it is intensely recognized in group technology applications in cellular manufacturing, and subsequently...