Visual facility layout design system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1811-1836

  Chiang, Wen Chyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; DATA STRUCTURES; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; HEURISTIC METHODS; INSPECTION; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; SEARCH ENGINES; SITE SELECTION;

COMPUTER AIDED FACILITY LAYOUT; HEURISTIC NEIGHBORHOOD CONTROL; QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM; TABU SEARCH ALGORITHM; VISUAL FACILITY LAYOUT DESIGN;

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 0035878023     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540110035192     Document Type: Article

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