@inproceedings{111282502fd74a54a51c9e5703f5810b,
title = "Material and facility layout planning in construction projects using simulation",
abstract = "Layout planning for construction projects comprises two tasks: facility layout planning (FLP) and material layout planning (MLP), which has significant impacts on project cost and time. FLP specifies where to position temporary facilities on the site, and MLP determines the position of the material in the storage yard. This study focuses on MLP and describes a simulation-based method to improve material yard layout. In this method, simulation is employed for modeling the material handling process to evaluate material handling time. Due to the broad domain of possible solutions, simulation is integrated with genetic algorithm to heuristically search for a near optimum material layout with the least haulage time. The implementation of the proposed method is demonstrated in a case study which shows the superiority of the developed method over conventional methods. This paper also discusses how the results of this research can contribute to FLP.",
author = "Pejman Alanjari and Seyedreza Razavialavi and Simaan Abourizk",
year = "2014",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1109/WSC.2014.7020172",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "3388--3398",
editor = "Andreas Tolk and Levent Yilmaz and Diallo, {Saikou Y.} and Ryzhov, {Ilya O.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2014",
address = "United States",
note = "2014 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2014 ; Conference date: 07-12-2014 Through 10-12-2014",
}