Some Layout Problems on the Line with Interdistance Constraints and Costs

Albert W. Chan and Richard L. Francis
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Albert W. Chan: National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario
Richard L. Francis: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Operations Research, 1979, vol. 27, issue 5, 952-971

Abstract: We study several facility layout problems on the line with minimum-separation constraints and costs proportional to distances between facilities. We obtain virtually closed-form solutions to the problems by applying simple ordering procedures. The solutions all have the property that the facilities most used, or of smallest sizes, are in the middle.

Date: 1979
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