...; and data mining association rules approach for optimizing the analyzed knowledge for future decision-making as well as providing a mechanism to apply the obtained knowledge to support the improvement of different types of processes. Findings The new methodology of the proposed algorithm has been...

... and successful application of DM techniques can be an enormous payoff for the organizations. This paper discusses the requirements and challenges of DM, and describes major DM techniques such as statistics, artificial intelligence, decision tree approach, genetic algorithm, and visualization. © MCB UP Limited...

...David S. Ang The paper develops an algorithm for eliminating bottleneck parts in a cellular manufacturing setting. Bottlenecks are eliminated by determining the machine duplication pattern that minimizes total duplication costs. A unique feature of the algorithm is that it recognizes that under...

... in a negation of benefits promised. This paper presents an effective algorithm to identify part‐families and bottleneck‐parts, given machine groupings, rather than addressing the machine grouping problem in general. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Algorithms Cellular manufacturing Group technology...

...Mark Hughes In the process of evolution, nature uses genetic algorithms to help with genetic selection. These algorithms can also bring immense benefit to industry. It is briefly explained what such computer‐based genetic algorithms are, how they can be applied in an industrial setting...