The plant location and flexible technology acquisition problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 366-382

  Verter, Vedat ^a   Dasci, Abdullah ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concave minimization; Facilities design and planning; Flexible manufacturing systems; Location; Production distribution systems

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOCATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

PRODUCTION-DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037116465     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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