Optimisation of complex and large-sized single-row facility layout problems with a unique hybrid meta-heuristic framework

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-67

  Azadeh, Ali ^a   Roozbahani, Maryam Nouri ^a   Moghaddam, Mohsen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

DES; Discrete event simulation; GAs; Genetic algorithms; Injection moulding process; Optimisation; Single row facility layout problem; SRFLP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870694335     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2013.050539     Document Type: Article

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