An evolutionary algorithm for solving the geometrically constrained site layout problem

Computing in Civil and Building Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1442-1449

  Harmanani, H ^a   Zouein, P ^a   Hajar, A ^a  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PLANNING;

CONSTRUCTION SITE LAYOUT; LAYOUT PROBLEM; OPTIMAL LAYOUT; TRANSPORTATION COSTS;

SITE SELECTION;

EID: 0034588313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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