Integrated facility design using an evolutionary approach with a subordinate network algorithm

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1498 LNCS, Issue , 1998, Pages 937-946

  Norman, Bryan A ^a   Smith, Alice E ^a   Arapoglu, Rifat Aykut ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH; FACILITY DESIGNS; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; NETWORK ALGORITHMS; NETWORK OPTIMIZATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SERVICE INDUSTRIES;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84878592578     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0056935     Document Type: Conference Paper

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