Layout design for flexible manufacturing systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 224-230

  Kaku, Bharat K ^a   Rachamadugu, Ram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilities planning; flexible manufacturing systems; heuristics; quadratic assignment problem

Indexed keywords

CONVEYORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

FACILITIES PLANNING; HEURISTICS; LINEAR TRACK CONVEYOR SYSTEM; LOOP CONVEYOR SYSTEM; QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0026829109     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(92)90044-A     Document Type: Article

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