An integrated model for solving cell formation and cell layout problem simultaneously considering new situations

Mahdavi, Iraj; Teymourian, Ehsan; Baher, Nima Tahami; Kayvanfar, Vahid

doi:10.1016/j.jmsy.2013.02.003

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“…They suggested an integrated mathematical model to control forward against backtracking movements. Mahdavi et al (2013) perused a biphasic CFP in view of the multifunctional machines. Their goal was to develop a mathematical model to minimize the dissimilarity of machines groups in cells.…”

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Group technology-based model and cuckoo optimization algorithm for resource allocation in cloud computing

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The control of operational costs is one of the main goals of resource management problem in cloud computing (CC). This paper presents a new mathematical model based on group technology (GT) to map the virtual machines (VMs) to workflows in order to control some costs (e.g. transfer costs, penalty costs and server cost) when the VMs are running. GT is a well-known manufacturing technique in industrial environments which can control some measures (e.g. part movements, resource utilization). In large size problems a cuckoo optimization algorithm (COA) is proposed. To test the effectiveness of our approaches, we first generate a set of problems randomly and then compare the model and COA with a well-known algorithm in literature called Round robin (RR). Analyzing the computational results proves that our approaches give better performance than RR.

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“…Chang et al [43] formulated two-stage mathematical models to integrate cell formation, cell layout and sequence of operation. Mahdavi et al [44] presented a new integrated mathematical model considering cell formation and cell layout simultaneously. Mahdavi and Mahadevan [16] have developed a new algorithm CLASS to find out cell formation and machine layout simultaneously.…”

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“…Mahdavi and Mahadevan [16] discussed on performance measure of the cell formation and cell layout solutions (only using consecutive forward movement) simultaneously. Cell movement efficiency and intercell movement efficiency were introduced by Mahdavi et al [44]. One of the drawbacks of the above measures is that they do not consider backward movement within the cell.…”

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An effective methodology for cell formation and intra-cell machine layout design in cellular manufacturing system using parts visit data and operation sequence data

Raja

Anbumalar

2014

J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng.

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“…A tabu search algorithm was employed to solve the proposed problem. Mahdavi et al [17] presented an integrated mathematical model considering CF and cell layout simultaneously. In this research, machines are located in a linear form and machine cells are allocated to a set of predetermined positions in the plant.…”

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“…From the other side, those approaches that consider the inter-and intra-cell material handling costs in the CMS design usually have some weakness. These weakness are consideration of predetermined locations in both inter-and intra-cell layouts, disregarding the aisle distance and the actual dimensions of the cells in the inter-cell layout, calculation of the material handling cost in terms of the center-to-center distances between the cells (rather than the actual position of machines), and consideration of the single-row layout in both inter-and intra-cell layouts (see [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]). These weaknesses result in inappropriate layout design and inefficient material handling system.…”

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Integrated cell formation and layout problem considering multi-row machine arrangement and continuous cell layout with aisle distance

Forghani

Mohammadi

Ghezavati

2014

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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Cellular manufacturing is an important application of group technology and the cell formation process is one of the important steps in designing cellular manufacturing system. In recent years, researchers have noticed potential benefits when the layout problem is considered within the cell formation process. Nevertheless, there are not sufficient studies about consideration of real-life features in the cell formation and layout design process. In this paper, a new approach is presented to integrate the cell formation and its layout design. The proposed approach has three important design features not found in other papers. These design features are multi-row intra-cell layout (layout of machines within the cells), continuous inter-cell layout (layout of rectangular shape cells on the planar area), and aisle distance. The objective of the proposed approach is to form machine cells, find the layout of machine cells, and obtain the arrangement of machines within the cells such that the total material handling cost is minimized. In order to have a more accurate layout design, the material handling cost is calculated in terms of the actual position of machines within the cell. Due to the computational complexity of the proposed problem, a heuristic method is proposed to solve medium-and large-scale problems in a reasonable computational time. Three lower bounds are developed for the proposed integrated problem in which the tightest of them is chosen for evaluating the solution of the heuristic method. Finally, numerical examples adopted from the literature are solved to verify the performance of the proposed heuristic method and illustrate the advantages of the proposed integrated approach. The results indicated that the heuristic method is both effective and efficient in solving real-sized problems. The results also demonstrated that the proposed layout approach gives better layout design in comparison with the existing approaches.

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An integrated model for solving cell formation and cell layout problem simultaneously considering new situations

Cited by 50 publications

References 30 publications

Group technology-based model and cuckoo optimization algorithm for resource allocation in cloud computing

Group technology-based model and cuckoo optimization algorithm for resource allocation in cloud computing

An effective methodology for cell formation and intra-cell machine layout design in cellular manufacturing system using parts visit data and operation sequence data

Integrated cell formation and layout problem considering multi-row machine arrangement and continuous cell layout with aisle distance

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