Exact and heuristic procedures for the material handling circular flow path design problem

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2005.08.023zbMATH Open1103.90389OpenAlexW2006009715MaRDI QIDQ852933FDOQ852933

Authors: Ardavan Asef-Vaziri, G. Laporte, Robert Ortiz 

Publication date: 15 November 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2005.08.023

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zbMATH Keywords

generalized traveling salesman problemmaterial handlingautomated guided vehicle systemsfacility planning

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Combinatorial optimization (90C27)

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• An ant colony system for enhanced loop-based aisle-network design
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• Unidirectional circular layout for overhead material handling systems
• A three-phase heuristic algorithm for fixed-charge capacitated material flow network design with input/output points location
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