... ofartificial neural networks for other, closely related areas in manufacturing. ReferencesArizono, I., Kato, M., Yamamoto, A. and Ohta, H., 1996, A new stochastic neural network model and itsapplication ... presented a stochastic neural network to solve the part–tool grouping problem forflexible manufacturing systems (FMS). Deterministic neural network models do not have the capability to escape from ... CRC Press LLC 4 Neural Network Applications forGroup Technology and Cellular Manufacturing 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Artificial Neural Networks 4.3 A Taxonomy of Neural Network Applicationfor...