Heuristic approach for solving the multi-objective facility layout problem

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 4493-4507

  Chen, C W ^a   Sha, D Y ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Consistency; Multi objective facility layout (MOFL) problem; Multi pass halving and doubling procedure; Paired comparison

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DECISION MAKING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CONSISTENCY; PAIRED COMPARISON;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 31744439068     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500056383     Document Type: Article

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