Facility layout simulation and optimization: An integration of advanced quality and decision making tools and techniques

Modern Applied Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 95-111

  Shahin, Arash ^a   Poormostafa, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Facility layout problem (FLP); FAHP; QFD; Simulation; Topsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961226048     PISSN: 19131844     EISSN: 19131852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/mas.v5n4p95     Document Type: Article

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