Facility Layout And Location: An Analytical Approach

by Francis

This classic text provides a comprehensive introduction to quantitative methods for facility layout and location and is directed at senior and graduate level students in industrial engineering, manufacturing systems, management science, and operations research curricula. Problems of facility layout and location are treated together because of the similarity between arranging the space in a single facility and arranging a system of facilities. An introduction to the field's issues and literature is included, along with the basic tools and methodologies. Chapters contain explanations of what layout and location problems are, how to collect data, and show how to model and solve such problems. Table of Contents Preface. Introduction. The Plant Layout Problem. Computerized Layout Planning. Planar Single-Facility Location Problems. Storage Systems Layout. Planar Multifacility Location Problems. Network Location Problems. Cyclic Network Location Problems. Advanced Discrete Location Models. References. Problems. Index.

608 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1998