This paper presents a feature selection approach for group technology (GT) applications using a fuzzy clustering approach to design useful part families for the related applications. Existing GT approaches use all part attributes to form part families, since the kind and amount of part information required are different form a single application to another in an organisation. This is because ea...

Recent welfare reform legislation requires increased parental work effort and imposes time limits on the receipt of federal assistance. These changes were based in part on assumptions that parental welfare receipt may be negatively related to family processes and children's attitudes and behaviors. Currently, researchers know little about the effects of welfare by itself relative to the effects...