Loop based facility planning and material handling

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2004.01.037zbMath1132.90337OpenAlexW2045524187WikidataQ115202441 ScholiaQ115202441MaRDI QIDQ707078

Ardavan Asef-Vaziri, Gilbert Laporte

Publication date: 9 February 2005

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2004.01.037

zbMATH Keywords

Flexible manufacturingAutomated guided vehiclesFacility planningLayoutMaterial handling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50) Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-02)

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