Incorporating Workflow Interference in Facility Layout Design: The Quartic Assignment Problem
从设施布局角度正式定义工作流干扰，建立四次分配模型来显式考虑干扰，并开发了最优与启发式求解方法，对设施布局优化研究者有参考价值。
Although many authors have noted the importance of minimizing workflow interference in facility layout design, traditional layout research tends to focus on minimizing the distance-based transportation cost. This paper formalizes the concept of workflow interference from a facility layout perspective. A model, formulated as a quartic assignment problem, is developed that explicitly considers the interference of workflow. Optimal and heuristic solution methodologies are developed and evaluated.