Obtaining an Initial Solution for Facility Layout Problem

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="130251.fig.004a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jim/volume-2013/130251/figures/130251.fig.004a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>The raw facilities layout data</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="130251.fig.004b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jim/volume-2013/130251/figures/130251.fig.004b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>MPG</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="130251.fig.004c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jim/volume-2013/130251/figures/130251.fig.004c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Straight line drawing of the MPG</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="130251.fig.004d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/jim/volume-2013/130251/figures/130251.fig.004d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Initial solution</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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