Tasadduq, Imran A.; Imam, M. H.; Ahmad, Abdul-Rahim
Source:
Proceedings of the 43rd Atlantic Schools of Business conference, St. Francis Xavier University, 2013, pp 220-234
Abstract:
An highly effective algorithm is presented to solve open space facilities layout planning problems involving modules with constant aspect ratios. This algorithmm is a novel combination of steepest descent and corner search. Layout solutions produced by the proposed algorithm for well-known test problems were found superior to the published layouts as well as the best layouts produced by commercial layout design software VIPPLANOPT.