Facility layout problem (FLP) is defined as the placement of facilities in a plant area, with the
aim of determining the most effective arrangement in accordance with some criteria or …

Layout problems are found in several types of manufacturing systems. Typically, layout
problems are related to the location of facilities (eg, machines, departments) in a plant. They …

This paper presents a biased random-key genetic algorithm (BRKGA) for the unequal area
facility layout problem (UA-FLP) where a set of rectangular facilities with given area …

The facility layout problem (FLP) is the problem of placing facilities in a certain shop floor so
that facilities do not overlap each other and are satisfied with some given objectives …

Abstract We address the Unequal-Area Facility-Layout Problem (UA-FLP), which aims to
dimension and locate rectangular facilities in an unlimited floor space, without overlap, while …

The unequal area facility layout problem (UA-FLP) which deals with the layout of
departments in a facility comprises of a class of extremely difficult and widely applicable …

The dynamic facility layout problem (DFLP) is the problem of finding positions of
departments on the plant floor for multiple periods (material flows between departments …

This paper presents an algorithm combining dynamic programming and genetic search for
solving a dynamic facility layout problem. While the quadratic assignment formulation of this …

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a young metaheuristic algorithm which has shown
promising results in solving many optimization problems. To date, a formal ACO-based …

In this paper, a slicing tree based tabu search heuristic for the rectangular, continual plane
facility layout problem (FLP) is presented. In addition to the incorporation of facilities with …