Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1143271 | Operations Research Letters | 2006 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
This paper presents a mixed-integer programming formulation to find optimal solutions for the block layout problem with unequal departmental areas arranged in flexible bays. The nonlinear department area constraints are modeled in a continuous plane without using any surrogate constraints. The formulation is extensively tested on problems from the literature.
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Authors
Abdullah Konak, Sadan Kulturel-Konak, Bryan A. Norman, Alice E. Smith,