Francis, Richard L. : University of Florida

McGinnis, F. Jr. :

White, John A. : Georgina Institute of Technology

A comprehensive introduction to quantitative methods for facility layout and location.

Treats problems of facility layout and location together and views them a "layout problem in the large."

Introduces the field's issues and literature, along with basic tools and methodologies.

Contains basic design and layout approaches and problem definitions.

Contains extensive figures and tables, and numerical examples.

1. Introduction.

2. The Plant Layout Problem.

3. Computerized Layout Planning.

4. Planar Single Facility Location Problems.

5. Storage Systems Layout.

6. Planar Multifacility Location Problems.

7. Network Location Problems.

8. Cyclic Network Location Problems.

9. Advanced Discrete Location Models.

Further reading.