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 …

Layout problems are found in several types of manufacturing systems. Typically, layout
problems are related to the location of facilities (eg, machines, departments) in a plant. They …

Now in Its Fourth Edition: Your Guide to Successful Facility Design Overcome design and
planning problems using the fourth edition of Facilities Design. Dedicated to the proper …

Facility layout problems are an important class of operations research problems that has
been studied for several decades. Most variants of facility layout are NP-hard, therefore …

Recent and emerging trends in the facility layout problem, covering the last 10 years of
research, are presented, including new methodologies, objectives, algorithms, and …

Here, an attempt is made to present a state-of-the-art review of papers on facility layout
problems. This paper aims to deal with the current and future trends of research on facility …

The objective of the berth-scheduling problem is to determine the berthing times and
positions of containerships in port container terminals. Every vessel requires a specific …

Abstract Integer Linear Programs (ILPs) are powerful tools for modeling and solving a large
number of combinatorial optimization problems. Recently, it has been shown that Large …

We consider the layout problem of arranging a number of departments on a line. This
problem is known as single row facility layout. The problem is very difficult to be solved. In …

This paper surveys the application of simulated annealing (SA) to operations research (OR)
problems. It is concluded that SA has been applied to both traditional (like single machine …