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Spacecraft for Multi-Floor Layout Planning

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  • Roger V. Johnson

    (University of Otago, New Zealand)

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A descriptive problem definition and a tested computerized heuristic solution procedure are offered for the problem of relative location of facilities in (or layout of) a multi-floor building. The problem definition and solution procedure overcome the problem of severe nonlinearity of inter-department movement times relative to distance, which enter the multi-floor problem because of the indirectness of routing, and because of different movement speeds compared with the single floor case. Both the definition and solution procedure are application-oriented, concentrating on practical aspects of multi-floor space allocation. Substantial savings in an implementation are reported. The procedure is particularly relevant to planning for an organization moving into a new multi-floor building. Additionally, the procedure can be used, without modification, for an organization spread over more than one building, and for single floor facilities. The possibility of alternative inter-floor routings is incorporated.

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  • Roger V. Johnson, 1982. "Spacecraft for Multi-Floor Layout Planning," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 28(4), pages 407-417, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:28:y:1982:i:4:p:407-417
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.28.4.407
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    1. Tygran Dzhuguryan & Agnieszka Deja & Bogusz Wiśnicki & Zofia Jóźwiak, 2020. "The Design of Sustainable City Multi-Floor Manufacturing Processes Under Uncertainty in Supply Chains," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-18, November.
    2. Anjos, Miguel F. & Vieira, Manuel V.C., 2017. "Mathematical optimization approaches for facility layout problems: The state-of-the-art and future research directions," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 261(1), pages 1-16.
    3. Jean-Paul Arnaout, 2018. "Worm optimization for the multiple level warehouse layout problem," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 269(1), pages 29-51, October.
    4. Zhang, G.Q. & Lai, K.K., 2006. "Combining path relinking and genetic algorithms for the multiple-level warehouse layout problem," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 169(2), pages 413-425, March.
    5. Jean-Paul Arnaout & Caline ElKhoury & Gamze Karayaz, 2020. "Solving the multiple level warehouse layout problem using ant colony optimization," Operational Research, Springer, vol. 20(1), pages 473-490, March.
    6. Jerzy Grobelny & Rafal Michalski, 2016. "A concept of a flexible approach to the facilities layout problems in logistics systems," WORking papers in Management Science (WORMS) WORMS/16/11, Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology.
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