Article ID: | iaor19931670 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 31 |
Issue: | 3 |
Start Page Number: | 503 |
End Page Number: | 517 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1993 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
Authors: | Lacksonen T.A., Enscore E. Emory |
Keywords: | programming: quadratic |
In a dynamic facilities layout problem, the objective is to minimize total costs: the flow costs over a series of discrete time periods plus the rearrangement costs of changing layouts between time periods. By assuming unit department sizes, the problem is modelled as a modified quadratic assignment problem. Five algorithms are modified to include the dynamic aspects. A cutting plane algorithm found the best solutions to a series of realistic test problems, outperforming exchange, branch and bound, dynamic programming and cut tree algorithms. It was able to solve a 30-location 5-time-period problem in 200 CPU seconds.