An integrated AHP-NLP methodology for facility layout design

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-

  Hadi Vencheh, A ^a   Mohamadghasemi, A ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Facility layout; Nonlinear programming

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATERIALS HANDLING; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); DECISION MAKING METHODOLOGY; FACILITY LAYOUT; FACILITY LAYOUT DESIGN; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; QUANTITATIVE CRITERIA; QUANTITATIVE DATA;

PLANT LAYOUT;

EID: 84897116595     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsy.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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