A review on the multi-objective cell formation problem in cellular manufacturing systems

With the advent of cellular manufacturing systems and consequent evolution of configuring methodologies, researchers proposed several multi-objective techniques, besides others, to handle different types of cell formation problems. This paper presents a systematic review on types of cell formation by using multi-objective techniques. It also delineates the type of objectives, production factors and datasets used for testing the efficacy of methodologies, considered by researchers along with the scope and direction of future studies.