Office Space Design System using an Interactive Genetic Algorithm

Mitsunori MIKI Noriko OKADA Tomoyuki HIROYASU and Masato YOSHIMI (Received July 13, 2011) In this paper, we propose an office space design system using an Interactive Genetic Algorithm (IGA). The proposed system is for designing a preferable color scheme of individual workspace to suit users taste. The proposed system optimizes the color combination of a office partition, desk, and laptop computer based on human sensitivity. IGA is an optimization method based on Genetic Algorithms (GA) which simulates the evolution of living things, where the evaluation part of the GA is handled subjectively by a user. IGA is used to bring out users potential preferences and it aims to achieve office space designs that will satisfy users. We carried out experiments to verify the effectiveness of the proposed system comparing the system and a coloring system which a user creates the color combination freely. The experimental results show that the proposed system is effective in designing office space. In addition, the proposed system is effective to discover new preferences of the user, that is, the system can be used as an idea generation support system.