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Incorporating heterogeneous distance metrics within block layout design

Gultekin Ozdemir Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University, 206 Dunstan Hall, Auburn University, AL, 36849-5346, USA
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Alice E. Smith Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Auburn University, 206 Dunstan Hall, Auburn University, AL, 36849-5346, USA
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Bryan A. Norman Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 1048 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA
Pages 1045-1056 | Published online: 14 Nov 2010

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