REFERENCES
- R. G. ASKIN and D. S. SUBRAMANIAN , 1987 , A cost-based heuristic for group technology configuration , International Journal oj Production Research , 25 , pp. 101 – 113
- J. L. BURBIDGE , 1975 New York John Wiley
- A. K. CHAKRAVARTY and A. SHTUH , 1987 , Capacity, cost and scheduling analysis for a multiproduct flexible manufacturing cell , International Journal oj Production Research , 25 , pp. 1143 – 1156
- F. GLOVER and E. WOOLSEY , 1973 , Further reduction of 0-1 polynomial programming to a 0-! linear program , Operations Research , 21 1 , pp. 156 – 161
- A. C. HAX and D. CANDEA , 1984 Englewood Cliffs Prentice-Hall
- A. KuSlAK , 1987a , The production equipment requirements problem , International Journal oj Production Research , 25 , pp. 319 – 325
- A. KUSIAK , 1987b , The generalized group technology problem , International Journal oj Production Research , 25 , pp. 561 – 569
- D. M. MILLER and R. P. DAVIS , 1977 , The machine requirements problem , International Journal oj Production Research , 15 , pp. 219 – 231
- L. SCHRAGE , 1986 Palo Alto The Scientific Press
- A. VANNELLI and K. R. KUMAR , 1986 , A method for finding minimal bottleneck cells for grouping part-machine families , International Journal oj Production Research , 24 , pp. 387 – 400
- U. WEMMERLOV and N. L. HYER , 1987a , Research issues in cellular manufacturing , International Journal oj Production Research , 25 , pp. 413 – 431
- U. WEMMERLOV and N. L. HYER , 1987b Cellular manufacturing in the US industry: a survey of users , University of Wisconsin Working Paper ,
- J. de Wrn'E , 1980 , The use of similarity coefficients in production flow analysis , International Journal oj Production Research , 18 , pp. 503 – 514
- RAJA G. KASILINGAM is Assistant Professor of Industrial Systems Engineering at the University of Regina, Canada. He received his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada in 1989. His research interests include mathematical modelling of manufacturing systems, facilities location and material handling. He has published and presented research papers in the areas of production planning, cell formation and machine and tool requirements planning in international journals and conferences.
- SWAMINATHAN SANKARAN is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Administration, University of Regina. He holds a BSc in Statistics from Loyola College, University of Madras, India, an AICWA diploma from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, and MBA and DBA degrees from Indiana University, USA. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of operations management, finance and management science. His published articles have appeared in national and international journals and conference proceedings.