in this paper, a mixed-integer linearized programming (minlp) model is presented to design a group layout (gl) of a cellular manufacturing system (cms) in a dynamic environment with considering production planning (pp) decisions. this model incorporates with an extensive coverage of important manufacturing features used in the design of cmss. there are also some features that make the presented...

In this research, computer simulation is used for Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) plant layout analysis. The current layout of this manufacturing plant is a process layout, which is not suitable due to the nature of an EMS that has high-volume and high-variety environment. Moreover, quick response and high flexibility are also needed. Then, cellular manufacturing layout design was determ...

This research advances computational cognitive modeling of visual search, and the synergistic relationship between cognitive modeling and eye tracking. The research examines cognitive models of the perceptual, cognitive, and motor processing involved in the visual search of a hierarchical layout. Two types of visual layouts are searched: unlabeled layouts in which words are arranged in groups b...

This paper presents a multi-objective mixed-integer nonlinear programming model to design a group layout of a cellular manufacturing system in a dynamic environment, in which the number of cells to be formed is variable. Cell formation (CF) and group layout (GL) are concurrently made in a dynamic environment by the integrated model, which incorporates with an extensive coverage of important ...

These days, people access the Web by using various devices and methods, such as PDAs, cellular phones, and voice-based browsers. However, most Web content is designed for desktop computers. Therefore, alreadyexisting Web content should be transcoded to be suitable for each access device and method. For this purpose, some annotation-based transcoding systems have been developed. An annotation is...

Comprehensive transportation network layout planning should pay more attention to the coordination and connection of various means of transport. In the course of layout planning, it is very necessary to consider all the views of experts from different domains. Based on analyzing the procedure and the characteristics of the comprehensive transportation network layout planning, this paper firstly...

The two-dimensional layout problem is known to be NP-complete, and the current research work is basically in the heuristic way. In this paper, we mainly discuss the methods for solving layout problem about the arti®cial satellite module by virtue of graph theory and group theory. Also, an algorithm of global optimization is presented ®rst time. The method given here can be extended to solve oth...

this paper presents a strategy for using harmony search algorithm in facility layout optimization problems. in this paper an adapted harmony search algorithm is developed for solving facility layout optimization problems. this method finds an optimal facility arrangement in an existing layout. two real-world case studies are employed to demonstrate the efficiency of this model. a comparison is ...