Solving facility layout problems using flexible bay structure representation and Ant System algorithm
This paper proposes an AntSystem (AS) algorithm for solving Unequal Area FacilityLayoutProblems (UA-FLPs) using FlexibleBayStructure (FBS) representation. In addition, an improvement to the FBS representation is made when solvingproblems with empty spaces. The method is extensively tested using nume...
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Elsevier B.V.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/26597/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.080 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| Summary: | This paper proposes an AntSystem (AS) algorithm for solving Unequal Area FacilityLayoutProblems (UA-FLPs) using FlexibleBayStructure (FBS) representation. In addition, an improvement to the FBS representation is made when solvingproblems with empty spaces. The method is extensively tested using numerous problem instances taken from the literature and overall, encouraging results are obtained. |
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