Soto, R.Crawford, B.Almonacid, B.6/22/20222022-09-306/22/20222022-09-302016https://doi.org/10.1109/CISTI.2016.7521561The machine-part cell formation (MPCF) problem is to organize an assembly as a set of cells, where each cell contains certain machines that process a sub-set of parts. In recent years, different types of metaheuristics have been used to solve the problem of MPCF. This publication focuses on solving the MPCF problem using a metaheuristic inspired on birds, called Migrating Birds Optimization (MBO) algorithm. Experiments have been conducted to 180 test instances using 2 types of leader exchange in the flock of birds. The results obtained using MBO are equal to or better than other algorithms reported in the literature. © 2016 AISTI.application/pdfspainfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessComputer Scienceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.1109/CISTI.2016.7521561http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.02.01