A design approach to the multi-objective facility layout problem

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1175-1196

  Chen, C W ^a   Sha, D Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DOMINANT INDEX; MULTI-OBJECTIVE FACILITY LAYOUT;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033097940     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191463     Document Type: Article

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