They claimed that it is the most decisive factor in determining the
efficiency of a layout and of top priority as such.
In the literature, a wide range of models and algorithms for
solving MFLP have been presented. Nevertheless, only few of them
have been applied for solving real-world problems. Robust optimization
is an approach which can be adopted to bridge the gap
between theory and practice to develop mathematical models
which are applicable in practice. Generally, most of the articles in
the literature of MFLP are on deterministic environment while in
practice it is impossible to specify fixed values for problems’
parameters. In fact, because of the existence of a number of uncertain
factors when dealing with real problems, it would be in appropriate
to exclude such uncertain issues out of our equations. On the
other hand, we cannot measure some values with precision, which
it might result in drastic changes in some parts of our problems.
For instance, the exact determination of consumers’ demand for
some products is a tough decision for companies and it would be
more appropriate to consider a range of values for costumers’
demands instead of a fixed value. If we forecast incorrect values
for product demands, our corporation may face bankruptcy in
the long run as a result of non-specialized demand estimations.
In the literature, facility planning can be categorized into two
general groups: (I) facility layout problems and (II) facility location
problems which may be modeled in discrete or continuous areas.
In the former, there has been a growing tendency to disregard facility
dimensions and most of the developed models do not account