Multi-criteria evaluation for facility layout problems

Shanghai Jiaotong Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 664-668

  Liu, Fei ^a   Dong, Ming ^a   Hou, Wen Hao ^a   Zhai, Yu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Facility layout; Performance evaluation; Quadratic assignment problem (QAP); Queuing network; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

LOGISTICS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; QUEUEING NETWORKS;

FACILITY LAYOUT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM; QUEUING NETWORK; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION;

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS;

EID: 34249851066     PISSN: 10062467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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