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• Information Fusion

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• IE 684: Networks, Routing, and Logistics

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National Science Foundation

Facility Layout (Re) Design Using Planar and Network Location Approaches

Description

The location problem has traditionally been considered as one that locates an infinitesimally sized facility. In many applications (such as plant layout) this is not a reasonable assumption. Considering facilities to be of finite size requires a fundamental departure from the traditional approaches used in location analysis. For instance, it requires the problem of placement (location and orientation) to be considered. The analysis that is needed is intricate and makes a fundamental contribution to the field of location analysis. Furthermore, the accurate measurement of distance due to the consideration of finite size in the facility being placed makes a fundamental contribution to the field of plant layout. Finally, through this approach the two fields of location and layout (which have been treated separately by researchers) are brought closer together. It is entirely possible that the resultant papers will spur a significant amount of further work by researchers in these areas.

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Personnel

Investigators: Dr. Rajan Batta, Professor Department of Industrial Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo 342 Bell Hall Box 602050 Buffalo, NY 14260-2050 U.S.A. Telephone: (716) 645-2357 FAX: (716) 645-3302 E-mail: batta@eng.buffalo.edu Dr. Rakesh Nagi, Associate Professor Department of Industrial Engineering State University of New York at Buffalo 342 Bell Hall Box 602050 Buffalo, NY 14260-2050 U.S.A. Telephone: (716) 645-2357 FAX: (716) 645-3302 E-mail: nagi@eng.buffalo.edu Graduate Students: Simin Huang: Ph.D. Student, Department of Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo Pavankumar Nandikonda: Ph.D. Student, Department of Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo Avijit Sarkar: Ph.D. Student, Department of Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo Selcuk Savas: Ph.D. Student, Department of Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo Yi Wang: Ph.D. Student, Department of Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo Undergraduate Students: Karriane Paolo Stephanie Schinzing

Papers and Talks

Papers: Journal Papers: Huang, S., Batta, R., Klamroth, K. and Nagi, R. "K-Connection Location Problem in a Plane," Annals of Operations Research, Accepted May 2003. Download(PDF) Nandikonda, P., Batta, R. and Nagi, R. "Locating a 1-Center on a Manhattan Plane with “Arbitrarily” Shaped Barriers", Annals of Operations Research, 2003, Vol. 123, pp. 157-172. Download(PDF) Huang, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R. "Capacity Sizing and Selections of Connections in a Facility Layout," IIE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing, 2003, Vol. 35(1), pp. 49-59. Download(PDF) Savas, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R. "Finite-Size Facility Placement in the Presence of Barriers to Rectilinear Travel," Operations Research, 2002, Vol. 50(6), pp. 1018-1031. Download(PDF) Wang, S.-J., Bhadury, J. and Nagi, R. "Locating a Supply Facility and Input/Output Points in a Layout Problem," Computers and Operations Research: Special Issue on Location Science, 2002, Vol. 29(6), pp. 685-699. Download(PDF) Sarkar, A., Batta, R. and Nagi, R. "Commentary on ‘Facility Location in the Presence of Congested Regions with the Rectilinear Distance Metric’," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, October 2002. Accepted Download(PDF) Conference Papers and Talks: Sarkar, A., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Placement of a Finite-sized Center Facility in the Presence of Barriers to Rectilinear Travel," 12th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland OR, May 2003. (Refereed Full Paper) Sarkar, A., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Facility Location/Placement in the Presence of Congested Regions," 11th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando FL, May 2002. (Refereed Full Paper) Heragu, S., Nagi, R. and Norman, B., "Challenges and Research Issues faced by the Manufacturer in a Mass Customization Environment," 7th International Material Handling Research Colloquium, Portland, Maine, June 2002. (Full Paper) Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Location and sizing of material handling connections in a facility layout," 7th International Material Handling Research Colloquium, Portland, Maine, June 2002.(Full Paper) Huang, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Optimal location and capacity sizing of connections in a facilities layout," 4th International POMS conference, Garuja, Brazil, August 2001. Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Facility Layout (Re)Design Using Planar & Network Location Approaches," NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Tampa FL, January 2001. (Paper and Poster) Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Facility Layout (Re)Design Using Planar & Network Location Approaches," NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, Los Angeles, CA, January 1999. (Paper and Poster) Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Facility Layout (Re)Design Using Planar and Mixed Planar/Network Location Approaches," 1998 International Colloquium on Material Handling Research, Phoenix, AZ, June 1998. (Full Paper) Huang, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Planar Location of K Capacitated Connections," invited (sponsored by Location Analysis cluster) presentation in the INFORMS Fall 2002 Conference, San Jose CA, November 2002. (Talk) Sarkar, A., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Facility Location in the Presence of Congested Regions," invited (sponsored by Facilities Planning and Design/Manufacturing Systems cluster) presentation in the INFORMS Fall 2002 Conference, San Jose CA, November 2002. (Talk) Huang, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "K-Connection Location Problem," ISOLDE – International Symposium on Location Decisions, Fredrickton/St. Andrews, NB Canada, June 2002. (Talk) Huang, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "The Connection Location and Sizing Problem in a Facility Layout," 11th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando FL, May 2002. (Talk) Huang, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "The Connection Location Problem," invited (sponsored by SOLA) presentation in the INFORMS Fall 2001 Conference, Miami Beach, November 2001. (Talk) Savas, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "A Spatially-Unified Modeling Perspective to Problems in Facilities Design," 10th Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Dallas TX, May 2001. (Talk) Nandikonda, P., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "The 1-Center Placement Problem on the Manhattan Plane with Barrier," invited (sponsored by SOLA) presentation in the INFORMS Fall 2000 Conference, San Antonio, November 2000. (Talk) Savas, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Placement of New Facilities under a Mixed Planar/Network Representation of Facility Layout," invited presentation in the INFORMS Fall 2000 Conference, San Antonio, November 2000. (Talk) Nandikonda, P., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "The Weighted 1-Center Problem with Arbitrary Shaped Barriers," presented in the INFORMS Spring 2000 Conference, Salt Lake City, May 2000. (Talk) Wang, S.-J., Bhadury, J. and Nagi, R., "Locating Input/Output Points Optimally in a Layout Problem," presented in the INFORMS Fall 1999 Conference, Philadelphia, November 1999. (Talk) Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "A Finite-Size Barrier Location Approach to Facility Design," invited presentation in the ISOLDE VIII Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, June 1999. (Talk) Savas, S., Batta, R. and Nagi, R., "Planar and Network Location Approaches in Facility Layout," invited presentation in the INFORMS Spring 1999 Conference, Cincinnati, May 1999. (Talk)