Determining workstation groups in a fixed factory facility based on biological computation

Ikno Kim*, Junzo Watada

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    Abstract

    A strategy for making layout decisions is an important element in developing operating systems in manufacturing factories or other industrial plants. In this paper, we look at fixed factory facilities and propose a method for designing different sorts of layouts related to factories running at high-volume and producing a low-variety of products. Where many tasks are called, each with a different task time, it can be difficult to arrange a fixed factory facility in the optimal way. Therefore, we propose a computational method using DNA molecules for designing production systems by determining all the feasible workstation groups in a fixed factory facility, and we show that this computation method can be generally applied to layout decisions.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Pages188-194
    Number of pages7
    Volume5712 LNAI
    EditionPART 2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2009
    Event13th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2009 - Santiago
    Duration: 2009 Sept 282009 Sept 30

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    NumberPART 2
    Volume5712 LNAI
    ISSN (Print)03029743
    ISSN (Electronic)16113349

    Other

    Other13th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2009
    CitySantiago
    Period09/9/2809/9/30

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Science(all)
    • Theoretical Computer Science

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