A note on ‘Modified Hamiltonian chain: a graph theoretic approach to group technology’ after S. K. Mukhopadhyay, K. Ramesh Babu and K. V. Vijai Sai

Abstract

This note examines and compares a methodology devised by Mukhopadhyay et al. 2000 (Mukhopadhyay, S.K., Ramesh Babu, K. and Vijai Sai, K.V., Modified Hamiltonian chain: a graph theoretic approach to group technology. Int. J. Prod. Res., 2000, 38, 2459–2470) and offers possible solution approaches to a potential problem identified by the authors.

Keywords:

• Group technology
• Graph theoretics
• Hamiltonian chains

Acknowledgements

The authors would wish to acknowledge the interest expressed in this contribution by Dr Roger I. Grosvenor of the School of Engineering, Cardiff University.