Facility layout planning (FLP) involves a set of design problems related to the arrangement
of the elements that shape industrial production systems in a physical space. The fact that …

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

Recently, there has been a tendency to use machine learning (ML)–based methods, such as
artificial neural networks (ANNs), for more accurate estimates. This paper investigates the …

As the usage of social media has increased, the size of shared data has instantly surged
and this has been an important source of research for environmental issues as it has been …

The layout of manufacturing facilities has a large impact on manufacturing performance. The
layout design process produces a block plan that shows the relative positioning of resources …

This study presents a novel analytical framework that merges queueing theory with deep
neural networks to optimize facility layout and transporter selection in manufacturing …

To meet the requirement of product variety and short production cycle, reconfigurable
manufacturing system is considered as an effective solution in addressing current …

Implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies has completely changed design and
management of production systems. New technologies are integrated in manufacturing …

The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework to facilitate academics and
practitioners' decision making related to multi-objective facility layout planning (mFLP) by …

There is an abundance of prior research on the optimization of production systems, but there
is a research gap when it comes to optimizing which components should be included in a …