Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Facility layout"”.
-
Modeling and analysis of hospital facility layout problem
The optimal solution to any facility layout problem is an important aspect and a major concem as it involves significant material handling and transportation cost. The objective is to arrange the departments within the predefined facility boundaries in the way that the interaction between the …
-
Ant colony heuristics for the dynamic facility layout problem
… become more and more drastic, the enterprise's facility layout needs to be more flexible to adapt to the rapidly changing environment. Therefore, attention should be given to the dynamical nature of the facility layout. In other words, the flow of materials between departments changes during the …
-
Simulated annealing heuristics for the dynamic facility layout problem
… minimized. This problem is called the dynamic facility layout problem. In this thesis, three simulated annealing heuristics are presented for the dynamic facility layout problem. The first is the direct implementation of the simulated annealing algorithm. The second heuristic uses a reheating …
-
Solving the Facility Layout Problem Using Genetic and Progressive Algorithms
… product mixes, consumer’s tastes and demands. Facility planning is a significant strategy used to achieve this goal. A well-planned facility minimizes the materials and personnel flow distances, inventory build-up and consequently improves the production lead time and operation cost. Therefore, …
-
An Augmented Reality-Based Hybrid Approach to Facility Layout Planning
In this research, an AR-based hybrid approach to facility layout planning (FLP) is proposed (ARHFLP). By integrating mathematical modelling techniques with AR, the ARHFLP approach is designed to address FLP for existing shopfloors (FLPES). An AR-based fast modelling technique and a generic method …
-
A Sequence-Pair and Mixed Integer Programming Based Methodology for the Facility Layout Problem
The facility layout problem (FLP) is one of the most important and challenging problems in both the operations research and industrial engineering research domains. In FLP research, the continuous-representation-based FLP can consider all possible all-rectangular department solutions. Given this …
-
Living Circles Towards Green Travels: A Study on the Correlation Between Facility Layout and Travel Behavior
… This thesis addresses the question of how facility layout within 15-minute cycling living circles can promote green travel. Based on three types of travel behavior space, a hierarchical and phased theoretical framework is constructed for the correlation between facility layout and travel …
-
Models and Algorithms for Some Combinatorial Optimization Problems: University Course Timetabling, Facility Layout and Integrated Production-Distribution Scheduling
… time in solving this large-size problem. A facility layout problem involving arbitrary-shaped departments is the second problem that we investigate in this dissertation. We designate this problem as the arbitrary-shaped facility layout problem (ASFLP). The ASFLP deals with arranging a given …
-
Semidefinite Cuts and Partial Convexification Techniques with Applications to Continuous Nonconvex Optimization, Stochastic Integer Programming, and Facility Layout Problems
… challenging MIP application known as the facility layout problem, and we significantly improve its formulation through outer-linearization techniques and concepts from disjunctive programming. The enhancements produce a substantial increase in the accuracy of the layout produced, while at …
-
A decision theoretic approach to the general layout problem
… devoted to the development of a multiobjective facility layout creation methodology. This methodology seeks to extend the scope of existing computerized and manual layout creation methods by capturing a greater level of both intuitive and quantitative inputs in a method applicable for moderate …
-
Constraint-based facilities planning
… parameters on the effectiveness of the layout and the material handling system. A relationship was developed between variations in production oriented parameters and its impact on the facility size and final cost of the product being manufactured exclusively in terms of machine time, …
-
Probabilistic formulations of some facility location problems in discrete space
… the probability each customer is covered by some facility is no less than a specified value. The second problem treated involves the location of a given number of facilities among a discrete set of feasible location sites in order to maximize the minimum probability that a customer is covered by …
-
Empirical Investigations Into The Causal Impact Of Healthcare Provider Behavior On Patient Care
… tracking data to study the impact of physical facility layout on how service workers organize their tasks. We focus on the hospital emergency department as a service setting where nurses (servers) have discretion over how they interact with their patients (customers) in a facility that …
-
Network Optimization of a D2C Supply Chain Subject to Changing Cost Conditions and Consumer Preferences
… This work attempts to solve the network layout problem through two primary approaches: (1) Integer Programming using the Gurobi optimization python package and (2) Scenario Analysis modeling the cost of feasible configurations of the uncapacitated facility layout problem under the …
-
Theoretical and computational advances in finite-size facility placement and assignment problems
… Applications of this research can be found in facility layout (re)design in manufacturing, distribution systems, services (retail outlets, hospital floors, etc.), and printed circuit board design; where designing an efficient layout can save millions of dollars in operational costs. Main …
-
The influence of selected process–related factors on business success
… as measured through Business location, Facility layout and Technology utilisation. Business process management is measured through Human resource management processes, Supply chain management processes, Quality management processes, Financial management processes and Production …
-
Design and Throughput Capacity Evaluation of Pickup and Dropoff (PUDO) Facilities
… modeling and computational framework to evaluate layout designs and operational policies for passenger PUDO facilities, with realistic representations of the conflicting movements among vehicles and the resulting trade-off between space utilization and vehicle throughput rate. The results show the …
-
Impact of kitchen equipment and workplace layout on labor productivity in university campus foodservice operation
… employee and management skills, efficiency of facility layout, and so forth. There is a lack of published reports that single out these variables and provide in-depth analysis as to their impact on productivity. Efficiency of kitchen equipment and workplace layout has been identified as a …
Page 1 of 2