Manufacturing facilities layout design using genetic algorithm

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 461-474

  Balamurugan, Kulendran ^a,c   Selladurai, Velappan ^b   Ilamathi, Balamurugan ^a  

^a BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Coimbatore Institute of Technology   (India)

^c ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

GA; Genetic algorithm; Manufacturing facilities layout; Multiobjective optimisation; Space utilisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; MULTIOBJECTIVE MACHINE LAYOUTS; SPACE UTILIZATION;

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 41549117531     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2008.017739     Document Type: Article

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