Sara Firouzian

Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Department of Industrial Engineering, Babol, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Simulated annealing and artificial immune system algorithms for cell formation with part family clustering

Cell formation problem (CFP) is one of the main problems in cellular manufacturing systems. Minimizing exceptional elements and voids is one of the common objectives in the CFP. The purpose of the present study is to propose a new model for cellular manufacturing systems to group parts and machines in dedicated cells using a part-machine incidence matrix to minimize the voids. After identifying...

[ 2 ] - A Bi-objective Model for Cellular Manufacturing System Considering Worker Skills, Part Priorities,and Equipment Levels

Here, a new mathematical model for cellular manufacturing systems considering three important features of part priority, levels of machine’s technology, and the operator’s skill is developed. Simultaneous consideration of these features provides a more realistic analysis of the problems in cellular manufacturing systems. A model with multiple design features including cell formation, human reso...