A new mixed integer programming formulation for facility layout design using flexible bays

This paper presents a mixed-integer programming formulation to find optimal solutions for the block layout problem with unequal departmental areas arranged in flexible bays. The nonlinear department area constraints are modeled in a continuous plane without using any surrogate constraints. The formu...

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Published in:Operations research letters Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 660 - 672
Main Authors: Konak, Abdullah, Kulturel-Konak, Sadan, Norman, Bryan A., Smith, Alice E.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.11.2006
Elsevier
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Facility design
Facility layout
Flexible bay
Flows in networks. Combinatorial problems
Mathematical programming
Mixed integer programming
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Unequal areas
Flexible bay
Facility layout
Mixed integer programming
Unequal areas
Facility design
Plant layout
Layout problem
ISSN:0167-6377, 1872-7468
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Summary:This paper presents a mixed-integer programming formulation to find optimal solutions for the block layout problem with unequal departmental areas arranged in flexible bays. The nonlinear department area constraints are modeled in a continuous plane without using any surrogate constraints. The formulation is extensively tested on problems from the literature.
ISSN:0167-6377
1872-7468
DOI:10.1016/j.orl.2005.09.009