Facility layout design using virtual multi-agent system

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-357

  Tarkesh, Hamed ^a   Atighehchian, Arezoo ^a   Nookabadi, Ali S ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithms; Facilities layout design; Multi emotional agent systems

Indexed keywords

FACILITIES LAYOUT DESIGN; FACILITY LAYOUT DESIGN; FUZZY THEORY; MARKET MECHANISMS; MULTI AGENT SOCIETY; MULTI EMOTIONAL-AGENT SYSTEMS; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENT; SPACE-FILLING CURVE; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; TOTAL LAYOUT COSTS; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

COSTS; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; PLANT LAYOUT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 67749129331     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-008-0109-1     Document Type: Article

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