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A Concept of a Flexible Approach to the Facilities Layout Problems in Logistics Systems

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Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2015 – Part I

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This paper describes a concept of computer software devoted to flexible modeling and solving facilities layout (FL) problems in logistics systems. In the beginning, a brief review of available approaches in this regard is provided. Next, diverse aspects of flexibility in designing FL are identified in the literature and discussed. These considerations constitute a background for the presentation of the system modules.

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The work was partially financially supported by the Polish National Science Center grant no. 2011/03/B/HS4/04532.

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Grobelny, J., Michalski, R. (2016). A Concept of a Flexible Approach to the Facilities Layout Problems in Logistics Systems. In: Borzemski, L., Grzech, A., Świątek, J., Wilimowska, Z. (eds) Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2015 – Part I. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 429. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28555-9_15

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