An analytic hierarchy process approach to the choice of manufacturing plant layout

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 397-406

  Abdul Hamid, Y T ^a   Kochhar, A K ^b   Khan, M K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process; Knowledge based systems; Manufacturing plant layout

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009670940     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405991516868     Document Type: Article

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