A comparative study of single-phase and two-phase approaches for the layout problem with material handling costs

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 951-970

  Al Araidah, O ^a   Krishnamurthy, A ^b   Malmborg, C J ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Block layout; Clustering; Material flow; Material handling cost; Simulated annealing; Space filling curve; Volume distance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COST ACCOUNTING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BLOCK LAYOUT; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL HANDLING COSTS; SPACE FILLING CURVES; VOLUME DISTANCE;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 33847058561     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600635169     Document Type: Article

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