摘要：This study refers to cell formation, which is the fundamental and important stage of cellular manufacturing system design. Three widely used methods that are K-means clustering algorithm, average-linkage clustering algorithm and fuzzy clustering using expectation maximization algorithm for cell formation problem are studied. A real life application of these methods for the design of cylinder department of a construction equipment manufacturer is performed. The performance of each applied algorithm is evaluated according to intracellular voids, intracellular processing intensity and intercellular transportation measures. The application results indicate that K-means clustering algorithm, which is the most widely applied and most known one of classical clustering algorithms, is still an effective method for cell formation.
其他摘要：Bu çalışma, hücresel imalat sistemi tasarımının temel ve önemli aşaması olan hücre oluşturmaya değinmektedir. Çalışmada hücre oluşturma uygulamalarında yaygın olarak kullanılan üç yöntem; kortalamalar kümeleme algoritması, ortalama bağlantılı kümeleme alg
