Move based heuristics for the unidirectional loop network layout problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-48

  Tansel, Barbaros C ^a   Bilen, Canan ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilities; Layout; Loop network; Quadratic assignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MACHINERY; PERFORMANCE;

QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT; UNIDIRECTIONAL LOOP NETWORK LAYOUT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032121695     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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