Keyword

facility layout optimization

Description: An operations research problem of selecting facility arrangements to improve objectives such as material flow, operating efficiency, or customer experience.

Primary topic: Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (70%)

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Unequal-area facility layout by genetic search

1995 · David M. Tate*, Alice E. Smith · IIE Transactions · 224

Facility layout optimization using simulation and genetic algorithms

2000 · Farhad Azadivar, John(Jian) Wang · International Journal of Production Research · 219

Automated facilities layout: past, present and future

2000 · Robin S Liggett · Automation in Construction · 188

A semidefinite optimization approach for the single-row layout problem with unequal dimensions

2005 · Miguel F. Anjos, Andrew Kennings, et al. · Discrete Optimization · 154

Dynamic layout algorithms: a state-of-the-art survey

1998 · Jaydeep Balakrishnan, Chun Hung Cheng · Omega · 150

Genetic search and the dynamic facility layout problem

1994 · Daniel G. Conway, M.A. Venkataramanan · Computers & Operations Research · 150

Optimal flow path design of unidirectional AGV systems

1990 · MOSHE KASPI, J. M. A. TANCHOCO · International Journal of Production Research · 136

A Modelling Framework for Integrating Layout Design and flow Network Design

1991 · Benoit Montreuil · Progress in materials handling and logistics · 130

Advancing evidence-based healthcare facility design: a systematic literature review

2020 · Farouq Halawa, Sreenath Chalil Madathil, et al. · Health Care Management Science · 121

An island model genetic algorithm for unequal area facility layout problems

2016 · Juan M. Palomo-Romero, Lorenzo Salas-Morera, et al. · Expert Systems with Applications · 114

Genetic Algorithm for Solving Site Layout Problem with Unequal-Size and Constrained Facilities

2002 · P. P. Zouein, H. Harmanani, et al. · Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering · 113

Solving a multi-floor layout design model of a dynamic cellular manufacturing system by an efficient genetic algorithm

2014 · R. Kia, F. Khaksar-Haghani, et al. · Journal of Manufacturing Systems · 111

Integrating systematic layout planning with fuzzy constraint theory to design and optimize the facility layout for operating theatre in hospitals

2013 · Qing-Lian Lin, Hu-Chen Liu, et al. · Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing · 100

Solutions for the constrained dynamic facility layout problem

1992 · Jaydeep Balakrishnan, F.Robert Jacobs, et al. · European Journal of Operational Research · 92

A branch-and-bound algorithm for the continuous facility layout problem

2007 · Wei Xie, Nikolaos V. Sahinidis · Computers & Chemical Engineering · 91

An alternative multiple attribute decision making methodology for solving optimal facility layout design selection problems

2011 · K.D. Maniya, M.G. Bhatt · Computers & Industrial Engineering · 90

Continuous-Domain Mathematical Models for Optimal Process Plant Layout

1998 · Lazaros G. Papageorgiou, Guillermo E. Rotstein · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research · 90

The strategies of tabu search technique for facility layout optimization

2008 · Lou Y. Liang, Wen C. Chao · Automation in Construction · 88

A genetic algorithm for facility layout problems

1998 · K.L. Mak, Y.S. Wong, et al. · Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems · 85

A general mathematical programming approach for process plant layout

1999 · Michael C. Georgiadis, Gordian Schilling, et al. · Computers & Chemical Engineering · 80

A Hybrid AL‐Based System for Site Layout Planning in Construction

2001 · Emad Elbeltagi, Tarek Hegazy · Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering · 79

A review of graph theory application to the facilities layout problem

1987 · Mohsen MD Hassan, Gary L Hogg · Omega · 79

Decision support system for mass dispensing of medications for infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks

2006 · Eva K. Lee, Siddhartha Maheshwary, et al. · Annals of Operations Research · 73

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A non dominated ranking Multi Objective Genetic Algorithm and electre method for unequal area facility layout problems

2013 · Giuseppe Aiello, Giada La Scalia, et al. · Expert Systems with Applications · 68

A simulated annealing heuristic for the dynamic layout problem with budget constraint

2010 · Ramazan Şahin, Kadir Ertoğral, et al. · Computers & Industrial Engineering · 68

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Citation count: 7,161