Facility layout planning (FLP) involves a set of design problems related to the arrangement
of the elements that shape industrial production systems in a physical space. The fact that …

In the recent years, increasing attention has been posed towards enhancing the
sustainability of manufacturing processes by reducing the consumption of resources and key …

Abstract The Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem (UA–FLP) has been addressed by
various methods, including mathematical modelling, heuristic and metaheuristic …

Una amplia literatura científica ha abordado el problema de la distribución espacial de
plantas industriales completamente nuevas. Sin embargo, no se ha prestado suficiente …

Abstract Coral Reefs Optimization (CRO) is a recently proposed evolutionary-type algorithm
which has shown promising results to tackle many complex optimization problems. This …

This paper proposes a novel approach to address the Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem
(UA-FLP), based on the combination of both an Island Model and a Coral Reefs …

Facility layout design, a NP hard problem, is associated with the arrangement of facilities in
a manufacturing shop floor, which impacts the performance, and cost of system. Efficient …

Introducing expert knowledge into evolutionary algorithms for the facility layout design
problem can provide better solutions than the mathematically optimal solutions by …

Abstract Teaching-Learning-Based Optimisation (TLBO) is one of the more recently
developed metaheuristics and has been successfully applied to solve various optimisation …

Abstract The Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem (UA-FLP) is a relevant task in industrial
manufacturing, in which the disposition of a number of facilities (or departments) in a …