• Dr. Prafulla C. Kulkarni

The layout does affect the operational performance of manufacturing cells in a Cellular Manufacturing System (CMS), this issue has widely attracted attention of researchers for intercellular and intracellular layout problem but there are a limited research addressing the aspects of restricted areas layout in CMS. The gist of literature is discussed in literature survey. Proper layout of manufacturing cells is a crucial factor in obtaining the desired effectiveness of CMS. Basically, any solution for the layout of CMS has to address two main issues: (a) location of manufacturing cells, (b) layout of machines within the cells. These two problems are referred as intercellular and intracellular layout problems, respectively. A comprehensive genetic algorithm based solution methodology is proposed for solving these layout problems in CMS. This paper discusses the intercellular layout problem initially. The mathematical formulation of the model and proposed genetic algorithm methodology are discussed. This methodology is extended for restricted areas problems layout problems. The computational results are given for some of the restricted areas layout problems. The issues are discussed in the conclusion.

Cellular manufacturing system, Genetic algorithm, Intercellular layout, restricted areas layout

"GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR RESTRICTED AREAS LAYOUT PROBLEMS IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no.b52-b59, November-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311109.pdf

"GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR RESTRICTED AREAS LAYOUT PROBLEMS IN CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 11, page no. ppb52-b59, November-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2311109.pdf