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In this paper, we consider the difficulties associated with considering multiple performance measures (criteria) in the design of manufacturing systems. First, the motivation for considering these multiple criteria is given, followed by brief discussions of the current state of the art of mathematical modeling for system design, and of multicriteria optimization techniques. The important characteristics of these design problems, with respect to the choices of a multicriteria optimization technique and of a modeling technique, are presented. Finally, three separate applications of multicriteria optimization techniques for system design are presented.
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Evans, G.W., Kolli, S., Mollaghasemi, M. (1992). Multicriteria Design of Manufacturing Systems. In: Fandel, G., Gulledge, T., Jones, A. (eds) New Directions for Operations Research in Manufacturing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77537-6_30
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