DoorFAST: A constructive procedure to optimally layout a facility including aisles and door locations basedon anaisle flow distance metric

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1825-1842

  Benson, B ^a   Foote, B L ^b  

^a Southwestern Bell Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

DOOR PLACEMENT; DOORFAST METHOD; FLOYD'S ALGORITHM; SHORTEST PATH ALONG AISLES AND CORRIDORS (SPAAC) METRIC;

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 0031192912     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497194930     Document Type: Article

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