As technology continues to leap forward and innovations advance, the systems of civil aircraft are becoming increasingly sophisticated complex. Accordingly, there is a rising amount information be processed by pilots in cockpit, increasing their cognitive burden, which significantly threatens safety flight. Thus, designers have formulated cockpit layout principles relating importance, frequency...

In the planning phase of every construction project, layout of temporary facilities is a crucial task; site layout can affect safety, travel cost and time, construction productivity, and space utilization. However, site layout planning can be a complicated problem, due to the interdependency of influencing factors. Although interaction among activities is one of the major drivers of site layout...

Abstract Since its discovery in 1946, Proton therapy has continued to overgrow from the number of units installed various countries and technology used. This paper aims provide an overview development proton facilities date based on a literature review. The results are discussed several aspects, including distribution across globe, beam delivery techniques, dose verification, room layout, shiel...

Metal price is one of the most important parameters in the calculation of cut- off grade. The cut- off grade has the main role in determination of mine layout. Mine layout actuates mineable reserve, mine life and economic profitability. Not considering the uncertainty in metal prices can lead to a non-optimal layout. In this paper optimum underground mine layout is determined by expected utilit...

In this paper we have proposed a semi-heuristic optimization algorithm for designing optimal plant layouts in process-focused manufacturing/service facilities. Our proposed algorithm marries the well-known CRAFT (Computerized Relative Allocation of Facilities Technique) with the Hungarian assignment algorithm. Being a semi-heuristic search, MASS can be potentially more efficient in terms of CPU...

The choice of good construction site layout is inherently difficult, yet has a significant impact on both monetary and time saving. It is desirable to encapsulate systematically the heuristic expertise and empirical knowledge into the decision making process by applying the latest artificial intelligence technology. This paper describes a prototype knowledge-based system for the construction si...

This paper introduces a novel approach to enhance the general practice of layout planning of construction sites for producing the efficient utilization. In this work, a solution to the problem is attempted for unequal and irregular temporary facility using robust search and optimization capabilities of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm, inspired by the foraging behaviour of real ants. The...