To control the cost and optimize the resource utilization of enterprises, production layout problem draws recently more and more attention by industries; however, a study on this problem indicates there is a lack of research on production line design, which is a major issue in the layout problem. Traditional methodology mainly depends on the designer’s experience and calls for theory analysis and quantitative study. This paper concerns the development of a multi-stage integer programming model to describe the production line layout problem, and employs a heuristic and ant-colony algorithm to solve the problem. A practical example illustrates the effectiveness of the model.
A study on production line layout problem indicates there is a lack of research on the production line design issue. Traditional methodology on this problem mainly depends on the designers experience and calls for theory analysis and quantitative study. To control the cost and optimize the resource utilization of enterprises, this paper develops a multi-stage integer programming model to describe the production line layout problem, and proposes a heuristic algorithm to solve the problem. A practical example illustrates the effectiveness of the model.
This paper deals with the production line layout problem. A study on this problem indicates there is a lack of research on the production line design issue. Traditional methodology on this problem mainly depends on the designer's experience and calls for theory analysis and quantitative study. To control the cost and optimize the resource utilization of enterprises, this paper develops a multi-stage integer programming model to describe the production line layout problem, and proposes a heuristic algorithm to solve the problem. A practical example illustrates the effectiveness of the model.
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