Facility layout problem (FLP) is defined as the placement of facilities in a plant area, with the
aim of determining the most effective arrangement in accordance with some criteria or …

Facility Layout Problems (FLP) are concerned with finding efficient factory layouts.
Numerous resolution approaches are known in literature for layout optimization. Among …

Many problems in manufacturing systems can be formulated via Markov stochastic
modeling. This paper gives a review and classification of timed models of manufacturing …

A facility layout design (FLD) problem can be generally introduced as assignment of facilities
(departments) to a site such that a set of criteria are satisfied or some objectives are …

Facility location-allocation problems arise in many practical settings from emergency
services to telecommunication networks. We propose a multi-objective multi-layer facility …

Determining the location of machines for given periods of time, depending on changes in the
material flow between the machines, is known in the literature as a dynamic facility layout …

An automated guided vehicle-based flow production system is used for manufacturing
prefabricated bathroom units. One unit can occupy a space of more than 10 m2. Due to large …

The present study deals with the admission control policy for the single server finite capacity
queueing model with discouraged customers and general distributed retrial times. The …

Abstract Teaching-Learning-Based Optimisation (TLBO) is one of the more recently
developed metaheuristics and has been successfully applied to solve various optimisation …

Because of increasing demands in parcel transportation, it is becoming increasingly
important for logistics distribution centers to save time and money while dealing with parcel …