Interactive facility management, design and planning

A Supply Chain Design Problem Integrated Facility Unavailabilities Management

A supply chain is a set of facilities connected together in order to provide products to customers. The supply chain is subject to random failures caused by different factors which cause the unavailability of some sites. Given the current economic context, the management of these unavailabilities is becoming a strategic choice to ensure the desired reliability and availability levels of the dif...

AquaFarm: simulation and decision support for aquaculture facility design and management planning

Development and application of a software product for aquaculture facility design and management planning are described (AquaFarm, Oregon State University©). AquaFarm provides: (1) simulation of physical, chemical, and biological unit processes; (2) simulation of facility and fish culture management; (3) compilation of facility resource and enterprise budgets; and (4) a graphical user interface...

Stochastic Facility Layout Planning Problem: A Metaheuristic and Case Study

Facility layout is one of the most important Operations Management problems due to its direct impact on the financial performance of both private and public firms. Facility layout problem (FLP) with stochastic parameters, unequal area facilities, and grid system modeling is named GSUA-STFLP. This problem has not been worked in the literature so that to solve GSUA-STFLP is our main contribution....

Integrated Structural-Architectural Design for Interactive Planning

Traditionally, building floorplans are designed by architects with their usability, functionality, and architectural aesthetics in mind, however, the structural properties of the distribution of load-bearing walls and columns are usually not taken into account at this stage. In this paper we propose a novel approach for the design of architectural floorplans by integrating structural layout ana...

Strategy for the Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Display System for Management Planning