An island model genetic algorithm for unequal area facility layout problems

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Highlights：

• We are concerned with an unequal area facility layout problem.

• This paper is the first work to investigate the use of PGAs for solving the UA–FLP.

• We present a novel island model genetic algorithm for the UA–FLP.

• Our novel approach has been tested with a set of well-known problems.

摘要

•We are concerned with an unequal area facility layout problem.•This paper is the first work to investigate the use of PGAs for solving the UA–FLP.•We present a novel island model genetic algorithm for the UA–FLP.•Our novel approach has been tested with a set of well-known problems.

论文关键词：Unequal area facility layout problem,Parallel genetic algorithms,Island model,Flexible bay structure

论文评审过程：Received 22 April 2016, Revised 30 September 2016, Accepted 1 October 2016, Available online 14 October 2016, Version of Record 21 October 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.10.004