Solving the Cubic Cell Formation Problem Using Simulated Annealing

The Cubic Cell Formation Problem (CCFP) in cellular manufacturing systems consists decomposing a production system into set of cells, and assigning workers to cells besides parts machines. major objective is obtain manageable cells. Manageable mean with minimum value inter-cell moves heterogeneity within In this paper, solution methodology based on modified simulated annealing heuristic proposed neighbourhood search procedure proposed. allows building multiple configurations by giving the decision-maker ability control some parameters. Experimental results show that algorithm gives promising performance for all problem instances found literature.