Process 2 of Part Family Formation
The smallest distance in the matrix is d14 = 3 and hence are chosen to form a part family {1, 4}. The distance matrix is updated as described above and the revised distance matrix is given in given Figure. The following computations are carried out:
d{14} {2, 3} = Min {d12, d13 , d42 , d4, 3} = 8
d{1, 4} 5 = Min {d15, d45} = 11
d{1, 4} 6 = Min {d16, d46 } = 4
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