... components for cellular manufacturing, keepinga concurrent engineering framework in mind. It utilizes two middle layers, as shown in Figure 4.4.The inputs for the network include design features ... themselves. In the traditional part–machine incidence matrix, assuming binary values, sequence information isignored. To include sequence information, a sequence-based incidence matrix is introduced, ... cellular manufacturing (CM) systems. ANNs alsohold considerable promise, in general, for reducing complexity in logistics, and for streamlining andsynergistic regrouping of many operations in the...