Facility location, layout, design, and materials handling
Hossein Jafari; Abbas Sheykhan
Abstract
Layout design problem is one of the useful field of study used to increase the efficiency of sources in organizations. In order to achieve an appropriate layout design, it is necessary to define and solve the related nonlinear programming problems. Therefore, using computer in solving the related problems ...
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Layout design problem is one of the useful field of study used to increase the efficiency of sources in organizations. In order to achieve an appropriate layout design, it is necessary to define and solve the related nonlinear programming problems. Therefore, using computer in solving the related problems is important in the view of the researchers of this area of study. However, the designs produced by a computer to solve big problems require more time, so, this paper suggests an algorithm that can be useful in better performance of the known algorithms such as Branch and Bound. The proposed study aims to improve the performance of the branch and bound (BB) algorithm in solving QAP problems. The findings show that the proposed method enables the BB algorithm to produce an optimal solution in the minimum amount of time.
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F. Ghassemi Tari; M. Rezapour Niari
Abstract
Multi-criteria sequence dependent setup times scheduling problems exist almost everywhere in real modern manufacturing world environments. Among them, Sequence Dependent Setup Times-Multi-Objective Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problem (SDST-MOHFSP) has been an intensifying attention of researchers and ...
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Multi-criteria sequence dependent setup times scheduling problems exist almost everywhere in real modern manufacturing world environments. Among them, Sequence Dependent Setup Times-Multi-Objective Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problem (SDST-MOHFSP) has been an intensifying attention of researchers and practitioners in the last three decades. In this paper, we briefly summarized and classified the current standing of SDST-MOHFSP. All publications are categorized regarding the solution methods, as well as the structure of the hybrid flowshop which helps researcher and practitioner to use/modify proper solution algorithm for solving their specific problem. Furthermore, based on the review of the existing papers, the need for future research is recognized. Accordingly, by recognizing the research gaps, a large number of recommendations for further study have been proposed.
