Title :
Constraint programming approach to solve facility layout design problems
Author :
Tavares, José António ; Ramos, Carlos ; Neves, José
Author_Institution :
Inst. Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
We propose a methodology to solve the facility layout design problem by using constraint logic programming (CLP), which has proved to be a technology that gives good results when applied to a combinatorial problem optimisation. Methods to solve facility layout problems have to deal with a large set of factors, namely sales and production estimations, manufacturing process compatibilities, delivery dates, quality, spatial requirements, economics, management, human resources and environment. These factors make the facility layout design an extremely complex problem to solve. This complexity motivated the development of a methodology to solve the facility layout design problem using CLP
Keywords :
computer aided facilities layout; logic programming; management; production control; constraint logic programming; delivery dates; economics; facility layout design; human resources; management; manufacturing process; optimisation; quality assurance; search space; Constraint optimization; Design optimization; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Human resource management; Logic programming; Manufacturing processes; Marketing and sales; Optimized production technology; Quality management;
Conference_Titel :
Assembly and Task Planning, 1999. (ISATP '99) Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Porto
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5704-3
DOI :
10.1109/ISATP.1999.782986
