A multicriteria clustering approach to facility layout generation

Vikas Kapoor and Shyam Singh Tak

International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1/2, 59-86

Abstract: This paper proposes a facility layout generation model based on hierarchical clustering for problems with multiple objectives. Deploying the proximity score, the proposed model addresses all three stages of a typical block layout generation procedure viz., selection of departments to be placed; 'construction' or placement of each department and evaluation of the alternatives generated. The model is explained using a numerical example each for single and multiple objective type layout problems. Finally, in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the heuristic, a set of problems solved by various researchers is put together and solved and the results compared with their best solutions.

Keywords: multicriteria decision making; MCDM; facility layout; layout generation; multicriteria clustering; block layout; layout design. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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