A genetic algorithm approach for multiple criteria facility layout design
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, vol.36, no.6, pp.1549-1569, 1998 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 36 Issue: 6
- Publication Date: 1998
- Doi Number: 10.1080/002075498193165
- Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.1549-1569
- Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: No
Abstract
This paper presents a genetic algorithm-based model for facility layout. Layout of departments consisting of finite elements is modelled in gene structures. Better and better solutions that satisfy multiple objectives are produced by employing genetic operations to these genes. Better quality layouts are obtained by this method on the test problems available in the literature. These results show the potential for solving complex facility layout problems.