Visual facility layout design system

Visual facility layout design system

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Article ID: iaor200236
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 39
Issue: 9
Start Page Number: 1811
End Page Number: 1836
Publication Date: Jan 2001
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
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Keywords: heuristics
Abstract:

This paper presents an integrated visual facility layout design system to solve layout problems with geometric constraints on a continual planar site. The system employs a tabu search algorithm as the search engine with heuristic neighbourhood control and a manual interference mechanism to obtain good solutions. The Windows®-based system provides layout designers with a friendly environment that can automatically search a good solution aided by the visual inspection function. The visual inspection function is a mechanism embedded in the search process that dynamically displays the improvement status and allows manual adjustment of facility location during the search. The system also serves as a powerful tool for performing ‘what if’ analyses for layout designers.

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