LOCATION MATRIX BASED DESIGN METHODOLOGY FOR THE FACILITY LAYOUT PROBLEM INCLUDING AISLES AND DOOR LOCATIONS

摘要

In this paper, a new layout expression based on location matrix and some heuristics are proposed for the determination of aisle structure and door locations of each department in the facility layout problem. The proposed genetic algorithm based algorithm finds multiple solutions along the Pareto optimal frontier. Our objective is the minimization of (1) material handling cost and (2) building area. The material movements assume that they are transferred along the shortest distance aisle between the door locations of those departments. The results of computational experiments show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.