A BACTERIA FORAGING ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING INTEGRATED MULTI-PERIOD CELL FORMATION AND SUBCONTRACTING PRODUCTION PLANNING IN A DYNAMIC CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM
<p>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The bacteria foraging algorithm (BFA) is a new computation technique inspired by the social foraging behaviour of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria. Since the introduction of the BFA by Kevin M. Passino, there have been many challenges in employing this algorithm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Stellenbosch University
2012-01-01
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Series: | South African Journal of Industrial Engineering |
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Online Access: | http://sajie.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/17 |