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: | Cheng Chun Hung, Balakrishnan Jaydeep, Conway Daniel G. |
Keywords: | layout |
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.