Solving facility layout problems using Flexible Bay Structure representation and Ant System algorithm

Kuan Yew Wong

doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.080

Solving facility layout problems using Flexible Bay Structure representation and Ant System algorithm

Kuan Yew Wong, Komarudin

Department of Industrial Engineering

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Abstract

This paper proposes an Ant System (AS) algorithm for solving Unequal Area Facility Layout Problems (UA-FLPs) using Flexible Bay Structure (FBS) representation. In addition, an improvement to the FBS representation is made when solving problems with empty spaces. The method is extensively tested using numerous problem instances taken from the literature and overall, encouraging results are obtained.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5523-5527
Number of pages	5
Journal	Expert Systems with Applications
Volume	37
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2009.12.080
Publication status	Published - Jul 2010

Keywords

Ant System
Facility layout
Flexible Bay representation
Unequal Area Facility Layout Problem

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