Solving the failure-to-fit problem for plant layout: by changing department shapes and sizes

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-146

  Lin, Jin Lin,g ^a   Foote, Bobbie ^a   Pulat, Simin ^a   Chang, Chir Ho ^a   Cheung, John Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

COMBINATIONAL OPTIMIZATION; FAILURE TO FIT PROBLEM; HEURISTIC SEARCH; LOCAL COST; MATERIAL FLOW;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0042629657     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(96)00220-2     Document Type: Article

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