Designing a layout using the modified triangle method, and genetic algorithms

International Journal of Simulation Modelling

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 237-251

  Ficko, M ^a   Palcic, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Facility Layout Problem; Genetic Algorithms; Triangle Method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893114585     PISSN: 17264529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2507/IJSIMM12(4)3.244     Document Type: Article

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