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A Cluster-Analytic Approach to Facility Layout

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  • Michael Scriabin

    (Laboratory for Applied Research in Computer Systems (ARCS), British Columbia Institute of Technology, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5G 3H2)

  • Roger C. Vergin

    (Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6)

Abstract

Due to the combinatorial nature of the facility layout problem, current heuristic computer procedures do not always provide better solutions than visual methods. A new algorithm, FLAC (Facility Layout by Analysis of Clusters), is described which emulates the visual methods used by industrial engineers in solving facility layout problems. Initially side-stepping the combinatorial nature of the problem, FLAC is found to perform well in problems with high as well as low flow dominance, and in the presence and absence of line dominance. Computation time is attractive, especially on larger problems.

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  • Michael Scriabin & Roger C. Vergin, 1985. "A Cluster-Analytic Approach to Facility Layout," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 31(1), pages 33-49, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:31:y:1985:i:1:p:33-49
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.31.1.33
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    1. Paul D. Dowling & R. F. Love, 1990. "Floor layouts using a multifacility location model," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(6), pages 945-952, December.
    2. Jerzy Grobelny & Rafał Michalski, 2020. "Effects of scatter plot initial solutions on regular grid facility layout algorithms in typical production models," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 28(2), pages 601-632, June.
    3. Zhongwei Zhang & Lihui Wu & Zhaoyun Wu & Wenqiang Zhang & Shun Jia & Tao Peng, 2022. "Energy-Saving Oriented Manufacturing Workshop Facility Layout: A Solution Approach Using Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-28, February.
    4. Scriabin, M. & Kotak, D. B. & Whale, K. G., 1995. "Symbiotic systems: Exploiting human creativity," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 84(2), pages 227-234, July.
    5. Kazuhiro Tsuchiya & Sunil Bharitkar & Yoshiyasu Takefuji, 1996. "A neural network approach to facility layout problems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 89(3), pages 556-563, March.
    6. Kim, J. -Y. & Kim, Y. -D., 1995. "Graph theoretic heuristics for unequal-sized facility layout problems," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 23(4), pages 391-401, August.

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