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- Title
SPACECRAFT FOR MULTI-FLOOR LAYOUT PLANNING.
- Authors
Johnson, Roger V.
- Abstract
A descriptive problem definition and a tested computerized heuristic solution procedure are offered for the problem of relative location of facilities in (or layout of) a multi-floor building. The problem definition and solution procedure overcome the problem of severe nonlinearity of inter-department movement times relative to distance, which enter the multi-floor problem because of the indirectness of routing, and because of different movement speeds compared with the single floor case. Both the definition and solution procedure are application-oriented, concentrating on practical aspects of multi-floor space allocation. Substantial savings in an implementation are reported. The procedure is particularly relevant to planning for an organization moving into a new multi-floor building. Additionally, the procedure can be used, without modification, for an organization spread over more than one building, and for single floor facilities. The possibility of alternative inter-floor routings is incorporated.
- Subjects
BUILDING layout; BUILDINGS -- Social aspects; INDUSTRIAL floors; OPERATIONS research; DISTANCES; HEURISTIC programming; ORGANIZATIONAL communication; INDUSTRIAL buildings; COMMERCIAL buildings; EMPLOYEES' buildings &; facilities; OFFICE buildings; FLOORS; VARIABLE costs
- Publication
Management Science, 1982, Vol 28, Issue 4, p407
- ISSN
0025-1909
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1287/mnsc.28.4.407