| Article ID: | iaor20013598 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 37 |
| Issue: | 1/2 |
| Start Page Number: | 327 |
| End Page Number: | 330 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
| Journal: | Computers & Industrial Engineering |
| Authors: | Taboun S.M., Abdelmola A.I. |
| Keywords: | programming: multiple criteria |
A mathematical programming model is developed to identify machine groups and part families simultaneouly using total productivity and an efficient simulated annealing algorithm is developed to solve large-scale problems. The test problem results showed the superiority of the algorithm over the mathematical programming model.