A new simulated annealing algorithm for the facility layout problem

DOI10.1080/00207549608904990zbMath0927.90037OpenAlexW2034799097MaRDI QIDQ4230174

Yavuz A. Bozer, Russell D. Meller

Publication date: 1 March 1999

Published in: International Journal of Production Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/00207549608904990

zbMATH Keywords

simulated annealingfacility layoutsteepest-descentrandomized approaches

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Production models (90B30) Combinatorial optimization (90C27)

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