Note---"A Perturbation Scheme to Improve Hillier's Solution to the Facilities Layout Problem": A Clarification

Christopher J. Picone and Wilbert E. Wilhelm
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Christopher J. Picone: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Wilbert E. Wilhelm: Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Management Science, 1986, vol. 32, issue 2, 253-254

Abstract: Solutions to Nugent's plant location problems may be improved by using square plant shapes. These improved results were inadvertently reported by Picone and Wilhelm (Picone, C. J., W. E. Wilhelm. 1984. A perturbation scheme to improve Hillier's solution to the facilities layout problem. Management Sci. 30 1238--1249.) as solutions to Nugent's problems, which involve rectangular plants. Hopefully, this clarification will stimulate research to define optimal relationships between plant shape and layout.

Date: 1986
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