| Article ID: | iaor19921065 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 42 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 191 |
| End Page Number: | 204 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1991 |
| Journal: | Fuzzy Sets and Systems |
| Authors: | Wilhelm Mickey R., Parsaei Hamid R. |
| Keywords: | manufacturing industries |
This paper outlines an application of linguistic variables from the theory of fuzzy sets to support the phased implementation of a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) strategy. The use of linguistic variables facilitates the consideration of non-quantitative (or intangible) factors which have come to plague attempts to justify CIM systems. A heuristic algorithm is developed and demonstrated in an example.