The facility layout problem: Recent and emerging trends and perspectives

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 351-366

  Meiler, Russell D ^a   Gau, Kai Yin ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility layout; Manufacturing system design; Production and operations management; Quadratic assignment problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749834100     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-6125(96)84198-7     Document Type: Article

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