An interactive micro-computer implementation of craft with multiple objectives and side constraints

The interactive program, MOCRAFT, differs from other micro-computer versions of CRAFT in several respects. Unlike some versions which are written in BASIC and are slow to execute, or have limited size, or lack the features of the original, MOCRAFT is a full implementation of the SHARE Library FORTRAN code.

MOCRAFT also contains many features not found in any other versions of the well known and powerful facilities layout program, CRAFT (for Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique by Armour and Buffa). For example, MOCRAFT can utilize both cost-flow and REL data at the sme times, and is therefore a true multiple objective method. It can also accomodate constraints between arbitraty points and departments in the layout.

Originally developed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for control panel layouts, the source code for MOCRAFT has been extensively edited and enhanced at Cleveland State University. The code was originally implemented on CSU's VAX network by the author in 1985 and the first PC version was compiled by D'Souze and Mohanty, in 1987. This version of MOCRAFT, by the author, is an improvement over the first PC version, and runs on a standard configured IBM PC, XT or AT, with at least 256K bytes of RAM.