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Comparison of techniques for dealing with empty spaces in unequal area facility layout problems

Wong, Kuan Yew and Komarudin, Komarudin (2011) Comparison of techniques for dealing with empty spaces in unequal area facility layout problems. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 6 (3). 289 - 300. ISSN 1748-5037

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJISE.2010.035013

Abstract

Unequal area facility layout problem (UA-FLP) is one of the active research areas in the manufacturing domain. UA-FLPs can be solved using various techniques such as exact and approximation methods. A problem arises when these methods are used for solving UA-FLPs which have additional empty spaces. Several researchers have proposed different methods to address this issue, but unfortunately their performances have not been compared. Therefore, this article is aimed to compare those techniques used for dealing with empty spaces in UA-FLPs. Since a fair comparison was expected, all the techniques were implemented along with ant system using slicing tree structure representation. They were tested using problem instances taken from the literature. In general, the results showed that the bounding curve is the most encouraging technique for dealing with empty spaces in UA-FLPs.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Unequal area facility layout problem (UA-FLP), manufacturing facilities, empty spaces
Subjects:T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions:Mechanical Engineering
ID Code:22967
Deposited By: Narimah Nawil
Deposited On:27 Nov 2012 03:11
Last Modified:22 Mar 2018 10:30

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