Article ID: | iaor1993511 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 52 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 300 |
End Page Number: | 314 |
Publication Date: | Jun 1991 |
Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
Authors: | Kiran Ali S., Kouvelis Panagiotis |
Keywords: | programming: assignment, manufacturing industries |
Layout models for automated manufacturing systems are considered. The changes in product mix, part routings and process plans are incorporated into a stochastic single period layout model. A solution method, based on generating non-dominated layouts, is developed and illustrated. A dynamic programming formulation is also developed to capture the dynamic layout decisions in an automated manufacturing environment. A state space reduction approach is proposed for solving this multi-period model.