Optimizing decision making in the apparel supply chain using artificial intelligence (AI) : from production to retail / W.K. Wong, Z.X. Guo and S.Y.S. Leung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wong, W. K. (Wai Keung)

Guo, Zhaoxia, author.

Leung, Yung-sun, author.

Series:

Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 143.

Woodhead Publishing series in textiles, 2042-0803 ; number 143

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile industry--Automation.

Textile industry.

Artificial intelligence--Industrial applications.

Artificial intelligence.

Business logistics--Automation.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 231 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Woodhead Publishing Limited in association with The Textile Institute, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Practitioners in apparel manufacturing and retailing enterprises in the fashion industry, ranging from senior to front line management, constantly face complex and critical decisions. There has been growing interest in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to enhance this process, and a number of AI techniques have already been successfully applied to apparel production and retailing. Optimizing decision making in the apparel supply chain using artificial intelligence (AI): From production to retail provides detailed coverage of these techniques, outlining how they are used to ass

Contents:

Understanding key decision points in the apparel supply chain

Fundamentals of artificial intelligence techniques for apparel management applications

Selecting the location of apparel manufacturing plants using neural networks

Optimizing apparel production order planning scheduling using genetic algorithms

Optimizing cut order planning in apparel production using evolutionary strategies

Optimizing marker planning in apparel production using evolutionary strategies and neural networks

Optimizing fabric spreading and cutting schedules in apparel production using genetic algorithms and fuzzy set theory

Optimizing apparel production systems using genetic algorithms

Intelligent sales forecasting for fashion retailing using harmony search algorithms and extreme learning machines

Intelligent product cross-selling system in fashion retailing using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, fuzzy logic and rule-based expert system.

Notes:

"ISSN: 2042-0803."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857097842

0857097849

OCLC:

843870099