A continuous approach to considering uncertainty in facility design

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1760-1775

  Norman, Bryan A ^a   Smith, Alice E ^b  

^a PA 15260   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Block layout; Facilities; Genetic algorithms; Heuristics; Optimization; Production uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DECISION MAKING; FACILITIES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

BLOCK LAYOUT; HEURISTICS; LAYOUT FORMULATIONS; PRODUCTION UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

EID: 27344433997     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2004.11.017     Document Type: Article

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