The machine layout problem in robot cells

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1273-1292

  Mata, V ^a   Tubaileh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PLANT LAYOUT; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM (QAP); SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHMS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032070931     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075498193318     Document Type: Article

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