A new linear adjacency approach for facility layout problem with unequal area departments

作者：Tari Farhad Ghassemi; Neghabi Hossein^*

来源：Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2015, 37: 93-103.

DOI：10.1016/j.jmsy.2015.09.003

• Generalized version of adjacency
• Facility planning of unequal department sizes
• Mixed integer mathematical programming
• Linear adjacency relation

In this study a new version of adjacency, which provides a more flexible layout design, is proposed. In the proposed version, departments which are nonadjacent yet close to each other are considered to be adjacent with a smaller adjacency rating. It is shown that the proposed adjacency is a generalized version of the traditional adjacency. A mathematical programming model is developed for the proposed facility layout problem. To show the flexibility and efficacy of the proposed model, a computational study is conducted. The solution of an illustrative example as well as the solutions of several test problems, reveal flexibility and efficacy of the proposed model.

• 出版日期2015-10