A two-stage simulated annealing procedure for block layout problems

A two-stage simulated annealing procedure for block layout problems

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Article ID: iaor20071688
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 44
Issue: 20
Start Page Number: 4417
End Page Number: 4429
Publication Date: Jan 2006
Journal: International Journal of Production Research
Authors: , ,
Keywords: optimization: simulated annealing
Abstract:

Rules for setting simulated annealing control parameters are proposed for block layout problems where different material-handling devices are dynamically assigned to individual material movements as layout solutions are perturbed. Recognizing the high cost of computing materials-handling cost in this type of problem, the rules are based on adapting an existing two-stage simulated annealing procedure to accelerate convergence. Experimental results suggest that the application of these rules yields solution quality comparable with other single and two-stage simulated annealing algorithms but with significantly fewer re-evaluations of the objective function.

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