| Article ID: | iaor19931669 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 31 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 413 |
| End Page Number: | 427 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1993 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Yaman R., Gethin D.T., Clark M.J. |
| Keywords: | heuristics, measurement |
In this study, facility layout methods are reviewed and classified. This includes the formal mathematical approaches, heuristic methods and expert systems. A new heuristic method is described which provides a direct method to construct a layout for further improvement. A criterion for assessing the quality of the layout is also proposed. Case studies are presented to illustrate the method and highlight its performance as a method for layout construction.