Layout design of multi-bay facilities with limited bay flexibility

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Chae, Junjae ^a   Peters, Brett A ^b  

^a Hankuk Aviation University   (South Korea)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility Design; Layout Flexibility; Multi Bay Layout

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FACILITY DESIGN; LAYOUT FLEXIBILITY; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MULTI-BAY LAYOUT;

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 34547683550     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(07)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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