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| Title: | Minimization of Acquisition and Operational Costs in Horizontal Material Handling System Design |
| Authors: | Herrmann, Jeffrey W.
Ioannou, George
Minis, Ioannis
Proth, J.M. |
| Department/Program: | ISR |
| Type: | Technical Report |
| Keywords: | algorithms, computational complexity, manufacturing, plant layout, material handling systems, Systems Integration Methodology |
| Issue Date: | 1995 |
| Series/Report no.: | ISR; TR 1995-12 |
| Abstract: | This paper considers the problem of minimizing the fixed cost of acquiring material handling transporters and the operational cost of material transfer in a manufacturing system. This decision problem arises during manufacturing facility design, and is modeled using an integer programming formulation. Two efficient heuristics are developed to solve it. Computational complexity, worst-case performance analysis, and extensive computational tests are provided for both heuristics. The results indicate that the proposed methods are well suited for large-scale manufacturing applications. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/5607 |
| Appears in Collections: | Institute for Systems Research Technical Reports
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