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A hierarchical approach to the facility layout problem

KAR YAN TAM Department of Management Science and Information Systems, Graduate School of Business CBA 5.202, University of Texas, Texas, 78712, USA
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SHIH GONG LI IBM Corporation, Austin, Texas, U.S.A
Pages 165-184 | Received 01 May 1990, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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