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This paper proposes a new approach called particle swarm optimization (PSO) to derive better solutions for unequal-area facility layouts that are to have inner walls and passages. PSO is a population based optimization tool, has fitness values to evaluate the population, update the population and search for the optimum with random techniques. A heuristic method is adopted for establishing the relationship between the facilities and passages. A comparative study is performed with the existing algorithm and it shows a better performance for the proposed algorithm. The objective of this study is to minimize material flow between facilities while at the same time satisfying the constraints of areas, aspect ratios of the facilities, and inner structure walls and passages. The proposed algorithm based on the PSO in this study was implemented with C++ language.
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Paul, R., Asokan, P. & Prabhakar, V. A solution to the facility layout problem having passages and inner structure walls using particle swarm optimization. Int J Adv Manuf Technol 29, 766–771 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-005-2576-2
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