A Slicing Tree Representation and QCP-Model-Based Heuristic Algorithm for the Unequal-Area Block Facility Layout Problem

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="853586.fig.007a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/853586/figures/853586.fig.007a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Original layout</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="853586.fig.007b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2013/853586/figures/853586.fig.007b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Adjusted layout</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Pitch adjustment of two cut nodes at the same depth.</table>

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Figure 7: A Slicing Tree Representation and QCP-Model-Based Heuristic Algorithm for the Unequal-Area Block Facility Layout Problem 