Rank-order Clustering Algorithm
To illustrate the use of the algorithm we require the incidence-matrix information of the parts to be grouped, as the input. Given figure shows a part incidence matrix for a hypothetical case.
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Where P1, P2....................., P5 in Figure refer to part identification code,
M01, M02, . . . , M06 refer to OP codes of the parts. All the missing elements of the matrix have a zero value (not shown).