White Shark Optimization for Solving Workshop Layout Optimization Problem

The workshop is a crucial site for ensuring the smooth operation of production activities within an enterprise, playing a significant role in its long–term development. A well–designed workshop layout can reduce material–handling costs during production and enhance the overall efficiency of the ente...

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Main Authors: Bin Guo, Yuanfei Wei, Qifang Luo, Yongquan Zhou
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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description The workshop is a crucial site for ensuring the smooth operation of production activities within an enterprise, playing a significant role in its long–term development. A well–designed workshop layout can reduce material–handling costs during production and enhance the overall efficiency of the enterprise. This paper establishes a mathematical model for the workshop layout problem, aiming to minimize logistics transportation costs and maximize non–logistics relationships. Using a real–world case study, the White Shark Optimizer (WSO) algorithm is applied to solve the model. The results show that the transportation distance of the layout scheme obtained by the WSO algorithm is reduced by 381 m, 82 m, and 56 m, respectively, compared with the original layout, the Genetic Algorithm (GA), and the Sparrow Search Algorithm (SSA), and the non–logical relationship is increased by 24.84% and 1.6%, respectively. The layout scheme obtained by using the WSO algorithm is more excellent and can effectively improve the production efficiency of enterprises.
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spelling doaj-art-b488b49945864b25894dca0327ddbe4a2025-08-20T03:14:38ZengMDPI AGBiomimetics2313-76732025-04-0110526810.3390/biomimetics10050268White Shark Optimization for Solving Workshop Layout Optimization ProblemBin Guo0Yuanfei Wei1Qifang Luo2Yongquan Zhou3College of Artificial Intelligence, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning 530006, ChinaFaculty of Information Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia—UKM, Bangi 43600, Selangor, MalaysiaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning 530006, ChinaCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Guangxi Minzu University, Nanning 530006, ChinaThe workshop is a crucial site for ensuring the smooth operation of production activities within an enterprise, playing a significant role in its long–term development. A well–designed workshop layout can reduce material–handling costs during production and enhance the overall efficiency of the enterprise. This paper establishes a mathematical model for the workshop layout problem, aiming to minimize logistics transportation costs and maximize non–logistics relationships. Using a real–world case study, the White Shark Optimizer (WSO) algorithm is applied to solve the model. The results show that the transportation distance of the layout scheme obtained by the WSO algorithm is reduced by 381 m, 82 m, and 56 m, respectively, compared with the original layout, the Genetic Algorithm (GA), and the Sparrow Search Algorithm (SSA), and the non–logical relationship is increased by 24.84% and 1.6%, respectively. The layout scheme obtained by using the WSO algorithm is more excellent and can effectively improve the production efficiency of enterprises.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/10/5/268White Shark Optimizerworkshop layoutintelligent optimization
spellingShingle Bin Guo
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Biomimetics
White Shark Optimizer
workshop layout
intelligent optimization
title White Shark Optimization for Solving Workshop Layout Optimization Problem
title_full White Shark Optimization for Solving Workshop Layout Optimization Problem
title_fullStr White Shark Optimization for Solving Workshop Layout Optimization Problem
title_full_unstemmed White Shark Optimization for Solving Workshop Layout Optimization Problem
title_short White Shark Optimization for Solving Workshop Layout Optimization Problem
title_sort white shark optimization for solving workshop layout optimization problem
topic White Shark Optimizer
workshop layout
intelligent optimization
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