TY - JOUR
T1 - Layout optimization considering production uncertainty and routing flexibility
AU - Kulturel-Konak, S.
AU - Smith, A. E.
AU - Norman, B. A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported by the US National Science Foundation Grant DMI 9908322.
PY - 2004/11/1
Y1 - 2004/11/1
N2 - The unequal area facility layout problem is studied considering both production uncertainty and routing flexibility. Stochastic production quantities are introduced under the assumption of dependent demands and incorporated into the usual objective of material handling cost minimization. Concurrently, alternative routings are considered based on production quantity. An efficient simulation approach is used to estimate the resulting department pairwise flows, both their expected values and variances. Using these estimates, a tabu search heuristic procedure performs the layout design optimization.
AB - The unequal area facility layout problem is studied considering both production uncertainty and routing flexibility. Stochastic production quantities are introduced under the assumption of dependent demands and incorporated into the usual objective of material handling cost minimization. Concurrently, alternative routings are considered based on production quantity. An efficient simulation approach is used to estimate the resulting department pairwise flows, both their expected values and variances. Using these estimates, a tabu search heuristic procedure performs the layout design optimization.
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U2 - 10.1080/00207540412331325567
DO - 10.1080/00207540412331325567
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:8644234956
VL - 42
SP - 4475
EP - 4493
JO - International Journal of Production Research
JF - International Journal of Production Research
SN - 0020-7543
IS - 21
ER -