Facility layout problem (FLP) is defined as the placement of facilities in a plant area, with the
aim of determining the most effective arrangement in accordance with some criteria or …

Layout problems are found in several types of manufacturing systems. Typically, layout
problems are related to the location of facilities (eg, machines, departments) in a plant. They …

The quadratic assignment problem (QAP), one of the most difficult problems in the NP-hard
class, models many real-life problems in several areas such as facilities location, parallel …

Recent and emerging trends in the facility layout problem, covering the last 10 years of
research, are presented, including new methodologies, objectives, algorithms, and …

Here, an attempt is made to present a state-of-the-art review of papers on facility layout
problems. This paper aims to deal with the current and future trends of research on facility …

Increased level of volatility in today's manufacturing world demanded new approaches for
modelling and solving many of its well-known problems like the facility layout problem. Over …

In today's economy, manufacturing plants must be able to operate efficiently and respond
quickly to changes in product mix and demand. Therefore, this paper considers the problem …

Recent trends in industry suggest that existing layout configurations do not meet the needs
of multiproduct enterprises and that there is a need for a new generation of factory layouts …

It has been over a decade since Rosenblatt published his seminal paper on modelling the
dynamic facility layout problem (DFLP). Since then, there have been improvements to …

Facility layout problem is associated with the arrangement of facilities in a plant. It is a critical
issue in the early stages of designing a manufacturing system because it affects the total …