A closed loop based facility layout design using a cuckoo search algorithm

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Highlights：

• We propose a novel approach to solve the closed loop layout design problem.

• The material travel distance between cells is evaluated along a closed loop.

• A cuckoo search based algorithm is applied to layout problems.

• Random-key based encoding is used to represent a combinatorial solution.

摘要

•We propose a novel approach to solve the closed loop layout design problem.•The material travel distance between cells is evaluated along a closed loop.•A cuckoo search based algorithm is applied to layout problems.•Random-key based encoding is used to represent a combinatorial solution.

论文关键词：Facility layout design,Closed loop layout,Cuckoo search,Flexible manufacturing system

论文评审过程：Received 14 June 2017, Revised 14 October 2017, Accepted 15 October 2017, Available online 16 October 2017, Version of Record 5 November 2017.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.10.038