TY  - JOUR
T1  - Multi-Floor Facility Layout Problems Solving by the
Differential Evolution Method
AU - Ayutthaya, Jittraporn Palakawong Na AU - Kriengkorakot, Nuchsara AU - Kriengkorakot, Preecha AU - Sriboonchandr, Prasert 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 15
IS  - 5
SP  - 1106
EP  - 1114
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2020.1106.1114
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2020.1106.1114
KW  - Multi-floor facility layout
KW  -differential evolution
KW  -transporting material
KW  -optimal solution
AB  - This research aimed to study the Differential Evolution (DE) for solving the Multi-floor Facility
Layout Problem. (MFLP) with the target of minimize the transporting material cost.The DE algorithm had been
evaluated and would be compared with MULTIPLE and SABLE algorithm. For MFLP, the Differential
Evolution algorithm (DE) methods were tested with 6 data sets as following: 11-1, 11-2, 12, 21-1, 21-2, 21-3
by using DE/rand/1/bin and DE/rand/2/bin which found that all methods able to find the optimal solution better
than the MULTIPLE. DE/rand/2/bin is having more effective than SABLE which calculate the comparison in
percentage ratio as followings: 3.7, 11.5, 0.1 and 21.7% of problems 11-1, 21-1, 21-2 and 21-3, respectively.
DE-rand/1-bin is having more effective than SABLE which calculate the comparison in percentage ratio as
followings: 3.5, 4.5 and 22.3% of problems 11-1, 21-1 and 21-3, respectively. The result showed that the further
performed DE by using basic DE were effective methods comparing to the other algorithms and other
metaheuristic methods. Hence, they could be used to solve MFLP.
ER  -