nowadays, due to inherent complexity of real optimization problems, it has always been a challenging issue to develop a solution algorithm to these problems. single row facility layout problem (srflp) is a np-hard problem of arranging a number of rectangular facilities with varying length on one side of a straight line with aim of minimizing the weighted sum of the distance between all facility...

To the best of our knowledge, research in the Dynamic Plant Layout Problem (DPLP) assumes that the planning horizon is fixed and that material flows are known with certainty. But in practice, many companies use rolling planning horizons. Further, they have to deal with the effect of uncertainty in material flow forecasts. This paper investigates the performance of algorithms under fixed and rol...

Much of the research in facility layout has focused on static layouts where the material handling flow is assumed to be constant during the planning horizon. But in today’s market-based, dynamic environment, layout rearrangement may be required during the planning horizon to maintain layout effectiveness. A few algorithms have been proposed to solve this problem. They include dynamic programmin...

in this paper, a mixed-integer linearized programming (minlp) model is presented to design a group layout (gl) of a cellular manufacturing system (cms) in a dynamic environment with considering production planning (pp) decisions. this model incorporates with an extensive coverage of important manufacturing features used in the design of cmss. there are also some features that make the presented...

Social network analysis (SNA) is a widely studied research topics, which has been increasingly being applied for solving different kind of problems, including industrial manufacturing ones. This paper focuses on the application of SNA on an industrial plant layout problem. The study aims at analyzing the importance of using SNA techniques to analyze important relations between entities in a man...

in this paper, the application of neural networks for simulation and optimization of the cogeneration systems has been presented. cgam problem, a benchmark in cogeneration systems, is chosen as a casestudy. thermodynamic model includes precise modeling of the whole plant. for simulation of the steadysate behavior, the static neural network is applied. then using dynamic neural network, plant is...

A mathematical formulation for the simultaneous design and layout of batch process facilities is proposed. The model determines simultaneously the optimal plant topology (i.e. the choice of the plant equipment and the associated connections), the layout (i.e. the arrangement of processing equipment storage vessels and their interconnecting pipe-work over a two-dimensional space) and the optimal...