| Article ID: | iaor19931963 |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Issue: | 1/2 |
| Start Page Number: | 121 |
| End Page Number: | 146 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
| Journal: | Belgian Journal of Operations Research, Statistics and Computer Science |
| Authors: | Minguet C. |
| Keywords: | production, combinatorial analysis |
The homogenization of the characteristics of various assemblies of components used for nuclear fuel manufacturing may be improved by a good choice of the method used. The heuristic algorithm simulated annealing is based on the exchange method known from clustering analysis and was applied to fuel manufacturing control.