Research Article

Obtaining an Initial Solution for Facility Layout Problem

Table 5

For test problem #4, the coordinates of facilities obtained by GOT are given below. The value of the cost function for this layout is 527094.1.

Facility

117.59922.158
218.51432.933
329.48518.634
435.52620.582
514.79822.65
626.42525.388
712.21313.282
819.43527.466
932.11915.319
1024.7438.862
1116.2312.711
1225.53317.621
1314.27420.352
1422.7913.889
1514.46714.812
1638.01216.94
179.73511.276
1824.60927.663
1920.68520.578
2019.86622.579
2115.8328.421
228.86631.495
2322.40217.335
2435.5519.125
2516.9519.378
2636.10425.31
2716.32821.843
2813.20826.161
2922.43914.732
3014.05213.065
3128.2121.934
3216.43612.282
3324.46711.365
3423.10332.489
3523.28324.968
3619.44414.708
3732.92716.699
3811.70828.857
3915.1429.793
4028.1645.174
4132.088.476
4229.63613.049
4326.37331.127
448.69315.785
4516.0526.859
4631.96526.099
4729.3619.586
4833.82212.885
4919.39425.043
5025.90221.954
514.23416.534
5219.53930.211
535.58711.801
5413.39932.831
5528.77116.071
5630.97422.774
5722.45322.117
5812.3523.138
5921.72518.944
6030.41931.854
6124.38818.897
6219.58736.974
6319.94312.839
6424.63215.019
655.95132.233
6616.91814.346
6723.8186.408
6819.58118.447
6935.19131.263
700.92721.347
7132.64419.464
729.48720.325
7339.74921.788
7418.48516.27
7515.58136.344
766.34520.203
7713.48423.21
7818.52720.734
7911.77320.295
8019.3292.663
814.47122.79
824.78827.961
8327.5136.612
8426.30615.776
854.54525.257
8623.54535.892
8710.74637.712
887.4056.656
8912.0216.684
9029.1427.123
9123.36729.856
9214.8716.629
9311.96117.137
9416.12618.34
9522.42616.075
9619.72910.752
9719.7077.63
9823.82421.511
998.25727.817
1009.17924.151