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Mukattash, A., Dahmani, N., Al-Bashir, A & Qamar, A. (2018). Comprehensive grouping efficacy: A new measure for evaluating block-diagonal forms in group technology.International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations , 9(1), 155-172.
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Agrawal, A. K., Bhardwaj, P., & Srivastava, V. (2011). On some measures for grouping efficiency. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 56(5-8), 789-798.
Boctor, F.F. (1996). The minimum-cost, machine-part cell formation problem. International Journal of Production Research, 34(4), 1045-1063.
Boctor, F. F. (1991). A linear formulation of the machine-part cell formation problem. International Journal of Production Research, 29(2) , 334-356.
Bottani, E., Centobelli, P., Cerchione, R., Gaudio, L., & Murino, T. (2017). Solving machine loading problem of flexible manufacturing systems using a modified discrete firefly algorithm. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 8(3), 363-372.
Burbidge, J. L. (1973), Production flow analysis on a computer. Third Annual Conference of the Institute of Production Engineers.
Bychkov, I., Batsyn, M., & Pardalos, P. M. (2014). Exact model for the cell formation problem. Optimization Letters, 8(8), 2203-2210.
Brusco, M.J. (2015), An exact algorithm for maximizing grouping efficacy in Part machine clustering. IIE Transactions, 47(6), 653-671.
Chandrasekharan, M. P., & Rajagopalan, R. (1986 a) An ideal seed non-hierarchical clustering algorithm for cellular manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 24(2), 451-464.
Chandrasekharan, M., & Rajagopalan, R. (1986). MODROC: an extension of rank order clustering for group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 24(5), 1221-1233.
Chen, H. G., & Guerrero, H. H. (1994). A general search algorithm for cell formation in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 32(11), 2711 - 2724.
Elbenani, B., & Ferland, J. A. (2012). Cell formation problem solved exactly with the dinkelbach algorithm, Montreal. Quebec. CIRRELT-2012-07, pp. 114
Harhalakis, G., Nagi, R., & Proth, J. M. (1990). An efficient heuristic in manufacturing cell formation for group technology applications. The International Journal of Production Research, 28(1), 185-198.
Ghosh, T., B., Doloi, P. K., Dan. (2014). A novel cell formation technique in cellular manufacturing system based on production factors, 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, Assam, India.
Hsu, C.P. (1990). Similarity coefficient approaches to machine-component cell formation in cellular manufacturing: a comparative study. PhD thesis, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
Keeling, K. B., Brown, E. C., & James, T. L. (2007). Grouping efficiency measures and their impact on factory measures for the machine-part cell formation problem: A simulation study. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 20(1), 63-78.
Lee, K., & Ahn, K. I. (2013). GT efficacy: a performance measure for cell formation with sequence data. International Journal of Production Research, 51(20), 6070-6081.
Kusiak, A., & Chow, W. S. (1987). Efficient solving of the group technology problem. Journal of manufacturing systems, 6(2), 117-124.
Mahdavi, I., Javadi, B., Fallah-Alipour, K., & Slomp, J. (2007). Designing a new mathematical model for cellular manufacturing system based on cell utilization. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 190(1), 662-670.
Mansouri, S. A., Husseini, S. M., & Newman, S. T. (2000). A review of the modern approaches to multi-criteria cell design. International Journal of Production Research, 38(5), 1201-1218.
Mukattash, A. M., Abbasi, G. Y., Tahboub, K. K., & Adil, M. B. (2006). A modified revised P-median approach to cell formation. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2(1), 51-60.
Mukattash, A. M., Tahboub, K. K., Fouad, R. H., & Al-Bashir, A. A. (2011). A unified approach for designing a cellular manufacturing system by specifying number of cells. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 27(3).
Miltenburg, J., & Zhang, W. (1991). A comparative evaluation of nine well-known algorithms for solving the cell formation problem in group technology. Journal of Operations Management, 10(1), 44-72.
Murugan, M., & Selladurai, V. (2011). Formation of machine cells/part families in cellular manufacturing systems using an ART-modified single linkage clustering approach—a comparative study. Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 5(3), 199-212.
Nagendra Parashar, B.S. (2004c), Evaluation of cellular manufacturing systems design- VEDO Analysis, Industrial Engineering Journal, 33(6), June ,pp.4-8.
Nair, G. J. K., & Narendran, T. T. (1996). Grouping index: a new quantitative criterion for goodness of block-diagonal forms in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 34(10), 2767-2782.
Ng, S. M. (1993). Worst-case analysis of an algorithm for cellular manufacturing. European Journal of Operational Research, 69(3), 384-398.
Pachayappan, M., & Panneerselvam, R. (2015). Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Machine-Component Cell Formation. Intelligent Information Management, 7(03), 107.
Rabbani, M., Elahi, S., & Javadi, B. (2017). A comprehensive quadratic assignment problem for an integrated layout design of final assembly line and manufacturing feeder cells. Decision Science Letters, 6(2), 165-192.
Rajesh, K. D., Chalapathi, P. V., Chaitanya, A. B. K., Sairam, V., & Anildeep, N. (2006). Modified grouping efficacy and new average measure of flexibility: performance measuring parameters for cell formation applications, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11(15), 9212-9215.
Rezazadeh, H., & Khiali-Miab, A. (2017). A two-layer genetic algorithm for the design of reliable cellular manufacturing systems. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 8(3), 315-332.
Sarker, B. R. (1999). Grouping efficiency measures in cellular manufacturing: a survey and critical review. International Journal of Production Research, 37(2), 285-314.
Sarker, B. R. (2001). Measures of grouping efficiency in cellular manufacturing systems. European Journal of Operational Research, 130(3), 588-611.
Sarker, B. R., & Khan, M. (2001). A comparison of existing grouping efficiency measures and a new weighted grouping efficiency measure. Iie Transactions, 33(1), 11-27.
Seifoddini, H., & Djassemi, M. (1996). A new grouping measure for evaluation of machine-component matrices. International Journal of Production Research, 34(5), 1179-1193.
Suresh Kumar, C., & Chandrasekharan, M. P. (1990). Grouping efficacy: a quantitative criterion for goodness of block diagonal forms of binary matrices in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 28(2), 233-243.
Wu, N. (1998). A concurrent approach to cell formation and assignment of identical machines in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 36(8), 2099-2114.
Yasuda, K., & Yin, Y. (2001). A dissimilarity measure for solving the cell formation problem in cellular manufacturing. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 39(1), 1-17.
Askin, R. G., & Chiu, K. S. (1990). A graph partitioning procedure for machine assignment and cell formation in group technology. International Journal of production Research, 28(8), 1555-1572.
Agrawal, A. K., Bhardwaj, P., & Srivastava, V. (2011). On some measures for grouping efficiency. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 56(5-8), 789-798.
Boctor, F.F. (1996). The minimum-cost, machine-part cell formation problem. International Journal of Production Research, 34(4), 1045-1063.
Boctor, F. F. (1991). A linear formulation of the machine-part cell formation problem. International Journal of Production Research, 29(2) , 334-356.
Bottani, E., Centobelli, P., Cerchione, R., Gaudio, L., & Murino, T. (2017). Solving machine loading problem of flexible manufacturing systems using a modified discrete firefly algorithm. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 8(3), 363-372.
Burbidge, J. L. (1973), Production flow analysis on a computer. Third Annual Conference of the Institute of Production Engineers.
Bychkov, I., Batsyn, M., & Pardalos, P. M. (2014). Exact model for the cell formation problem. Optimization Letters, 8(8), 2203-2210.
Brusco, M.J. (2015), An exact algorithm for maximizing grouping efficacy in Part machine clustering. IIE Transactions, 47(6), 653-671.
Chandrasekharan, M. P., & Rajagopalan, R. (1986 a) An ideal seed non-hierarchical clustering algorithm for cellular manufacturing. International Journal of Production Research, 24(2), 451-464.
Chandrasekharan, M., & Rajagopalan, R. (1986). MODROC: an extension of rank order clustering for group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 24(5), 1221-1233.
Chen, H. G., & Guerrero, H. H. (1994). A general search algorithm for cell formation in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 32(11), 2711 - 2724.
Elbenani, B., & Ferland, J. A. (2012). Cell formation problem solved exactly with the dinkelbach algorithm, Montreal. Quebec. CIRRELT-2012-07, pp. 114
Harhalakis, G., Nagi, R., & Proth, J. M. (1990). An efficient heuristic in manufacturing cell formation for group technology applications. The International Journal of Production Research, 28(1), 185-198.
Ghosh, T., B., Doloi, P. K., Dan. (2014). A novel cell formation technique in cellular manufacturing system based on production factors, 5th International & 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2014), IIT Guwahati, Assam, India.
Hsu, C.P. (1990). Similarity coefficient approaches to machine-component cell formation in cellular manufacturing: a comparative study. PhD thesis, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.
Keeling, K. B., Brown, E. C., & James, T. L. (2007). Grouping efficiency measures and their impact on factory measures for the machine-part cell formation problem: A simulation study. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 20(1), 63-78.
Lee, K., & Ahn, K. I. (2013). GT efficacy: a performance measure for cell formation with sequence data. International Journal of Production Research, 51(20), 6070-6081.
Kusiak, A., & Chow, W. S. (1987). Efficient solving of the group technology problem. Journal of manufacturing systems, 6(2), 117-124.
Mahdavi, I., Javadi, B., Fallah-Alipour, K., & Slomp, J. (2007). Designing a new mathematical model for cellular manufacturing system based on cell utilization. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 190(1), 662-670.
Mansouri, S. A., Husseini, S. M., & Newman, S. T. (2000). A review of the modern approaches to multi-criteria cell design. International Journal of Production Research, 38(5), 1201-1218.
Mukattash, A. M., Abbasi, G. Y., Tahboub, K. K., & Adil, M. B. (2006). A modified revised P-median approach to cell formation. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2(1), 51-60.
Mukattash, A. M., Tahboub, K. K., Fouad, R. H., & Al-Bashir, A. A. (2011). A unified approach for designing a cellular manufacturing system by specifying number of cells. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 27(3).
Miltenburg, J., & Zhang, W. (1991). A comparative evaluation of nine well-known algorithms for solving the cell formation problem in group technology. Journal of Operations Management, 10(1), 44-72.
Murugan, M., & Selladurai, V. (2011). Formation of machine cells/part families in cellular manufacturing systems using an ART-modified single linkage clustering approach—a comparative study. Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 5(3), 199-212.
Nagendra Parashar, B.S. (2004c), Evaluation of cellular manufacturing systems design- VEDO Analysis, Industrial Engineering Journal, 33(6), June ,pp.4-8.
Nair, G. J. K., & Narendran, T. T. (1996). Grouping index: a new quantitative criterion for goodness of block-diagonal forms in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 34(10), 2767-2782.
Ng, S. M. (1993). Worst-case analysis of an algorithm for cellular manufacturing. European Journal of Operational Research, 69(3), 384-398.
Pachayappan, M., & Panneerselvam, R. (2015). Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for Machine-Component Cell Formation. Intelligent Information Management, 7(03), 107.
Rabbani, M., Elahi, S., & Javadi, B. (2017). A comprehensive quadratic assignment problem for an integrated layout design of final assembly line and manufacturing feeder cells. Decision Science Letters, 6(2), 165-192.
Rajesh, K. D., Chalapathi, P. V., Chaitanya, A. B. K., Sairam, V., & Anildeep, N. (2006). Modified grouping efficacy and new average measure of flexibility: performance measuring parameters for cell formation applications, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11(15), 9212-9215.
Rezazadeh, H., & Khiali-Miab, A. (2017). A two-layer genetic algorithm for the design of reliable cellular manufacturing systems. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 8(3), 315-332.
Sarker, B. R. (1999). Grouping efficiency measures in cellular manufacturing: a survey and critical review. International Journal of Production Research, 37(2), 285-314.
Sarker, B. R. (2001). Measures of grouping efficiency in cellular manufacturing systems. European Journal of Operational Research, 130(3), 588-611.
Sarker, B. R., & Khan, M. (2001). A comparison of existing grouping efficiency measures and a new weighted grouping efficiency measure. Iie Transactions, 33(1), 11-27.
Seifoddini, H., & Djassemi, M. (1996). A new grouping measure for evaluation of machine-component matrices. International Journal of Production Research, 34(5), 1179-1193.
Suresh Kumar, C., & Chandrasekharan, M. P. (1990). Grouping efficacy: a quantitative criterion for goodness of block diagonal forms of binary matrices in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 28(2), 233-243.
Wu, N. (1998). A concurrent approach to cell formation and assignment of identical machines in group technology. International Journal of Production Research, 36(8), 2099-2114.
Yasuda, K., & Yin, Y. (2001). A dissimilarity measure for solving the cell formation problem in cellular manufacturing. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 39(1), 1-17.