An improved pair-wise exchange heuristic for the dynamic plant layout problem

An improved pair-wise exchange heuristic for the dynamic plant layout problem

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Article ID: iaor20011118
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 38
Issue: 13
Start Page Number: 3067
End Page Number: 3077
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: , ,
Keywords: layout
Abstract:

Much of the research in facility layout has focused on static layouts where the material handling flow is assumed to be constant during the planning horizon. But in today's market-based, dynamic environment, layout rearrangement may be required during the planning horizon to maintain layout effectiveness. A few algorithms have been proposed to solve this problem. They include dynamic programming and pair-wise exchange. In this paper we propose an improved dynamic pair-wise exchange heuristic based on a previous method published in this journal. Tests show that the proposed method is effective and efficient.

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