Facility placement with sub-aisle design in an existing layout

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 154-165

  Zhang, Min ^a   Savas, Selçuk ^b   Batta, Rajan ^c   Nagi, Rakesh ^c  

^a Avis Budget Group Inc   (United States)

^b ISIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Facility design; Facility placement; Sub aisle configuration

Indexed keywords

AISLE DESIGNS; FACILITY DESIGN; FACILITY PLACEMENT; FINITE NUMBERS; MATERIAL HANDLINGS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; SHOP FLOORS; SOLUTION METHODS; SUB-AISLE CONFIGURATION;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 59649108226     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2008.06.029     Document Type: Article

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