A shipyard’s layout contributes significantly to manufacturing performance. The practitioners based on experience can provide feasible alternative layouts by considering qualitative factors. However, no study in the shipyard ...

The block erection area is an important bottleneck resource that determines the throughput and productivity of a shipyard. This study addresses Block Spatial Scheduling (BSS) problem of a shipbuilding project comprising ...

Project-based organizations are increasingly becoming dependent on suppliers because of an upward trend of subcontracting and an emphasis on core competencies. Projects can be viewed as complex networks consisting of several ...