• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.81-93
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• 2011

By using GOSST theory, this paper models SSCFLP taking FLP, capacity of the facilities, single source capacitated limitation level and service enhancement issues into consideration. GOSST theory is strongly suggested as the solution procedure for these issues. We have used clustering of Center of Gravity method using the case study of the company S and then, took a heuristic GOSST measure in the alternative selection process. As a result, the research finds an alternative solution that both meets the satisfactory level of service and achieves consistent distribution capacity. When using this modeling, especially, to select the location of the logistics distribution center, the efficiency of current facilities is maximized while offering the minimum geometric distance for the alternative. Also, we can expect that the illustrated model and alternative solution can be applied to architecture of distribution system, to selection of telecommunication system locations for wireless network and to relocation of related facilities due to their sensitivities to location and weight.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2008

Reliability has been considered as an important design measure in various industrial systems. We discuss a reliability optimization problem with component choices (ROP-CC) subject to a budget constraint. This problem has been known as a NP-hard problem in the reliability design fields. Several researchers have been working to find the optimal solution through different heuristic methods. In this paper, we describe our development of simulated annealing (SA) and tabu search (TS) algorithms and a reoptimization procedure of the two algorithms for solving the problem. Experimental results for some examples are shown to evaluate the performance of these methods. We compare the results with the solutions of a previous study which used ant system (AS) and the global optimal solution of each example obtained through an optimization package, CPLEX 9.1. The computational results indicate that the developed algorithms outperform the previous results.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.147-160
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• 2013

Today, the management environments of intelligence firm are changing the way of production planning and logistics management, and are changing the process of supply chain management system. This paper shows the development of information system software for intelligence enterprises is used in supply chain management for robot engineering industry. Specifically, supply chain management system in this paper has been developed to analyze the impact of multi plant and multi distribution environment, showing the process analysis and system development of hierarchical assembly manufacturing industry. In this paper we consider a production planning and distribution management system of intelligence firm in the supply chain. We focus on a capacitated production resource and distribution volume allocation problem, develop a mixed integer programming model, and propose an efficient heuristic procedure using a genetic algorithm to solve it efficiently. This method makes it possible for the population to reach the feasible approximate solution easily. The proposed regeneration procedures, which evaluate each infeasible chromosome, makes the solution converge to the feasible approximate solution quickly.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.195-205
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• 2002

승무일정계획이란 특정 기간동안 운행할 차량들을 대상으로 각 차량마다 필요로 하는 승무원을 배정하는 계획을 말한다. 최적 승무일정계획의 수립은 일반적으로 가능한 모든 종류의 개별 근무표들을 생성한 다음 이들을 대상으로 투입 승무원의 수가 최 소화 될 수 있는 최적조합을 선정하는 방식으로 이루어지고 있다. 근무표 최적조합의 선정을 위한 종래의 기법들은 주로 선형계획법에 기반을 두고 있으나, 목적함수에 선형식으로 표현하기 어려운 요소가 포함되어 있을 경우 적용이 어렵다는 문제가 있다. 본 논문은 선형식으로 표현하기 어려운 목적함수를 포함할 뿐만 아니라 동원 가능한 승무원의 수가 제한되어 있는 경우에도 계획 수립이 가능하도록, 기존의 정수계획법에 휴리스틱 탐색기법을 결합하는 방안을 제시한다. 휴리스틱 탐색은 정수계획법에 의해 일차로 도출된 계획의 불완전한 부분을 교정하기 위해 반복적 개선 탐색을 수행하는 방식으로 이루어진다. 기존의 방법으로 해결이 어려운 실제 현장의 승무일정계획 문제를 대상으로 한 실험 결과, 본 논문의 방법은 전문가의 수작업 결과보다 더 좋은 수준의 계획을 빠른 시간 내에 수립할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.663-670
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• 2017

The problem of layup optimization of the composite laminates involves a very complex multidimensional solution space which is usually non-exhaustively explored using different heuristic computational methods such as genetic algorithms (GA). To ensure the convergence to the global optimum of the applied heuristic during the optimization process it is necessary to evaluate a lot of layup configurations. As a consequence the analysis of an individual layup configuration should be fast enough to maintain the convergence time range to an acceptable level. On the other hand the mechanical behavior analysis of composite laminates for any geometry and boundary condition is very convoluted and is performed by computational expensive numerical tools such as finite element analysis (FEA). In this respect some studies propose very fast FEA models used in layup optimization. However, the lower bound of the execution time of FEA models is determined by the global linear system solving which in some complex applications can be unacceptable. Moreover, in some situation it may be highly preferred to decrease the optimization time with the cost of a small reduction in the analysis accuracy. In this paper we explore some machine learning techniques in order to estimate the failure of a layup configuration. The estimated response can be qualitative (the configuration fails or not) or quantitative (the value of the failure factor). The procedure consists of generating a population of random observations (configurations) spread across solution space and evaluating using a FEA model. The machine learning method is then trained using this population and the trained model is then used to estimate failure in the optimization process. The results obtained are very promising as illustrated with an example where the misclassification rate of the qualitative response is smaller than 2%.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.193-201
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• 2023

In this paper, we consider the maximum scatter traveling salesman problem (MSTSP), a travelling salesman problem (TSP) variant. The problem aims to maximize the minimum length edge in a salesman's tour that travels each city only once in a network. It is a very complicated NP-hard problem, and hence, exact solutions can be found for small sized problems only. For large-sized problems, heuristic algorithms must be applied, and genetic algorithms (GAs) are found to be very successfully to deal with such problems. So, this paper develops a hybrid GA (HGA) for solving the problem. Our proposed HGA uses sequential sampling algorithm along with 2-opt search for initial population generation, sequential constructive crossover, adaptive mutation, randomly selected one of three local search approaches, and the partially mapped crossover along with swap mutation for perturbation procedure to find better quality solution to the MSTSP. Finally, the suggested HGA is compared with a state-of-art algorithm by solving some TSPLIB symmetric instances of many sizes. Our computational experience reveals that the suggested HGA is better. Further, we provide solutions to some asymmetric TSPLIB instances of many sizes.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.115-125
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• 1999

Simple Genetic Algorithm(SGA) proposed by J. H. Holland is a population-based optimization method based on the principle of the Darwinian natural selection. The theoretical foundations of GA are the Schema Theorem and the Building Block Hypothesis. Although GA does well in many applications as an optimization method, still it does not guarantee the convergence to a global optimum in some problems. In designing intelligent systems, specially, since there is no deterministic solution, a heuristic trial-and error procedure is usually used to determine the systems' parameters. As an alternative scheme, therefore, there is a growing interest in a co-evolutionary system, where two populations constantly interact and co-evolve. In this paper we review the existing co-evolutionary algorithms and propose co-evolutionary schemes designing intelligent systems according to the relation between the system's components.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.97-109
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• 2000

This work proposes a neural network approach to solve vehicle routing problems which have diverse application areas such as vehicle routing and robot programming. In solving these problems, classical mathematical approaches have many difficulties. In particular, it is almost impossible to implement a real-time vehicle routing with multiple vehicles. Recently, many researchers proposed methods to overcome the limitation by adopting heuristic algorithms, genetic algorithms, neural network techniques and others. The most basic model for path planning is the Travelling Salesman Problem(TSP) for a minimum distance path. We extend this for a problem with dynamic upcoming of new positions with multiple vehicles. In this paper, we propose an algorithm based on SOM(Self-Organization Map) to obtain a sub-optimal solution for a real-time vehicle routing problem. We develope a model of a generalized multiple TSP and suggest and efficient solving procedure.

• 경영과학
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2000

This paper presents two analytical approaches to determine the vehicle fleet size for container shuttle service. The shuttle service can be defined as the repetitive travel between the designated places during working period. In the first approach, the transportation model is adopted in order to determine the number of vehicles required. Its advantages and disadvantages in practical application are also discussed. In the second approach, a logical network which is oriented on job is transformed from a physical network which is focused on demand site. Nodes on the logical network represent jobs which include loaded travel, loading and unloading and arcs represent empty travel for the next jobs which include loaded travel, loading and unloading and arcs represent empty travel for the next job. Then a mathematical formulation is constructed similar to the multiple traveling salesman problem (TSP). A solution procedure is carried out based on the well-known insertion heuristic with the real world data.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.57-67
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• 1994

For many practical and industrial optimization problems where some or all of the system components are stochastic, the objective functions cannot be represented analytically. Therefore, modeling by computer simulation is one of the most effective means of studying such complex systems. In this paper, with discussion of simulation optimization techniques, a case study in machining process for application of simulation optimization is presented. Most of optimization techniques can be classified as single-or multiple-response techniques. The optimization of single-response category, these strategies are gradient based search methods, stochastic approximate method, response surface method, and heuristic search methods. In the multiple-response category, there are basically five distinct strategies for treating the responses and finding the optimum solution. These strategies are graphical method, direct search method, constrained optimization, unconstrained optimization, and goal programming methods. The choice of the procedure to employ in simulation optimization depends on the analyst and the problem to be solved.