Technique to solve dynamic layout problem with fixed and rectangular departments

Weerapat Sessomboon; Hiroshi Nakano; Takashi Irohara; Kazuho Yoshimoto

doi:10.1299/kikaic.63.4050

Technique to solve dynamic layout problem with fixed and rectangular departments

Weerapat Sessomboon^*, Hiroshi Nakano, Takashi Irohara, Kazuho Yoshimoto

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Recently, due to consumer demands have been varied, it is essential that a facility layout is able to adapt to the demands dynamically. In this paper, we present a technique to solve a dynamic layout problem. We deal with the problem by simultaneously considering two kinds of flexibility. One is involved with the rearrangement and the changing size of departments. The other is for the fixed area and shape of the building. The Bottom-Left (BL) algorithm is integrated in the technique in order to treat rectangular departments. The two steps Genetic Algorithm (GA) to improve the solutions, which involved an operation called GENITOR algorithm, is proposed. Numerical experiments are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed technique.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4050-4056
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nippon Kikai Gakkai Ronbunshu, C Hen/Transactions of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
Volume	63
Issue number	615
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1299/kikaic.63.4050
Publication status	Published - 1997
Externally published	Yes

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