TY - CHAP
T1 - Motivation
AU - Anjos, Miguel F.
AU - Vieira, Manuel V. C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A facility, in the general sense, is a building where people come together for a specific purpose (Heragu 2008). Activities taking place in a facility normally also require the presence and use of various items of equipment (furniture, machines, materials, etc.). A well-managed facility is a means to achieve higher productivity. This motivates interest in identifying and implementing optimal decisions for locating, designing, and building facilities.
AB - A facility, in the general sense, is a building where people come together for a specific purpose (Heragu 2008). Activities taking place in a facility normally also require the presence and use of various items of equipment (furniture, machines, materials, etc.). A well-managed facility is a means to achieve higher productivity. This motivates interest in identifying and implementing optimal decisions for locating, designing, and building facilities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118342161&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-70990-7_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-70990-7_1
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85118342161
SN - 978-3-030-70989-1
T3 - EURO Advanced Tutorials on Operational Research
SP - 1
EP - 2
BT - Facility Layout
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
ER -