@article{article_200439, title={A Heuristic Approach for Shelf Space Allocation Problem}, journal={Journal of Management and Information Science}, volume={4}, pages={38–44}, year={2016}, DOI={10.17858/jmisci.89213}, author={Binguler, A. Hande Erol and Bulkan, Serol and Agaoğlu, Mustafa}, keywords={Evolutionary algorithms, heuristic methods, shelf space allocation problem}, abstract={A shelf space allocation problem (SSAP) is a special form of multi constraint knapsack problem. The main difference between knapsack problem and SSAP is that a knapsack problem has only capacity constraints. Commercial space management systems use many different heuristic approaches for allocating shelf space due to NP-hard complexity of the SSAP. These heuristics are usually based on simple intuitive rules that could be easily used in practice to implement shelf space allocation decisions. In this paper, a new heuristic is developed to obtain good allocation of shelf space for different products in order to increase profitability under different constraints such as limited shelf space and elasticity factors.}, number={1}, publisher={Kerim GÖZTEPE}