A solution to the facility layout problem having passages and inner structure walls using particle swarm optimization

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 766-771

  Paul, R Christu ^a   Asokan, P ^a   Prabhakar, V I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Facility layout problem; Heuristic method; Inner structure walls; Particle swarm optimization; Passage

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

FACILITY LAYOUT PROBLEM; INNER STRUCTURE WALLS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; PASSAGE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33745684434     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-005-2576-2     Document Type: Article

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