A simulated annealing algorithm for facility layout problems under variable demand in Cellular Manufacturing Systems

Computers in Industry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-188

  Wang, T Y ^a,d,e   Wu, K B ^a,b   Liu, Y W ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO LTD   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility layout; Product life cycle; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLANT LAYOUT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (CMS); FACIULITY LAYOUT; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 0242265603     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-3615(01)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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