An improved heuristic approach for multi-objective facility layout problem

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1171-1194

  Singh, S P ^a   Singh, V K ^b  

^a Xavier Institute of Management   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

Heuristic; Multi objective facility layout problem; Quadratic assignment problem; Relative objective weight

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGNING LAYOUT; DESIGNING PROCESS; FACILITY LAYOUT PROBLEMS; HEURISTIC APPROACH; LAYOUT DESIGNERS; LAYOUT DESIGNS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; OBJECTIVE WEIGHT; QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS;

HEURISTIC METHODS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

DESIGN;

EID: 74549196326     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802534731     Document Type: Article

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