Page layout

About: Page layout is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2266 publications have been published within this topic receiving 23261 citations.

Information processing apparatus, and print control method

Abstract: To reduce the workload involved in rearranging and printing a Web page in a desired layout, style sheets for realizing desired print layouts are saved in association with the URLs of Web pages, and when subsequently printing a Web page having the same domain name or a similar URL, a print layout to which a saved style sheet has been applied is presented as a candidate, and applied when printing the Web page.

A literature review on efficient plant layout design

Abstract: Facility layout design involves a systematic physical arrangement of different departments, work stations, machines, equipments, storage areas and common areas in a manufacturing industry. In today's competitive global environment, the optimum facility layout has become an effective tool in cost reduction by enhancing the productivity. It has become very essential to have a well organised plant layout for all available resources in an optimum manner to achieve the maximum returns from the capacity of facilities. To achieve the optimisation objectives a lot of techniques are developed by many researchers in the domain area. The objective of this paper is to review the contributions in the field not only for plant layout but re-layout also.

A two-step heuristic algorithm for layout design of unequal-sized facilities with input/output points

Abstract: The facility layout problem (FLP) is to arrange facilities within a given area so as to minimise the total material-handling cost. An efficient arrangement of facilities plays an important part in the achievement of high productivity in a manufacturing system. This paper focuses on the layout design of unequal-sized facilities with fixed shapes and input/output (I/O) points. A mixed-integer programming (MIP) model is developed to obtain optimal solutions. Since the MIP model is not applicable to large-sized problems, a two-step heuristic algorithm is developed to solve the FLPs. In the first step, a layout solution with moderate quality is generated by using an interconnected zone algorithm and a simulated annealing (SA) algorithm. The zone algorithm is a newly developed layout construction technique which places facilities successively within designated zones according to a placing sequence. The zone concept is introduced to reduce the solution space such that the computational effort is decreased, while...

Method and system for combinatorial layout design

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for combinatorial layout design, in particular family mold layout design, using a computer. The method starts with receiving design specific parameters and information about molding parts from user. A Genetic Algorithm module is then invoked to generate a population of layout designs which satisfies the design specific parameters. The Genetic Algorithm module first automatically generates a population of specially designed chromosome with three interdependent sessions. Crossover, mutation and replacement operation are applied on the population subsequently to evolve such towards a more optimal population over successive generations. In each generation step, a Genotype-Phenotype mapping module is utilized to decode the chromosome to corresponding layout design for fitness evaluation. A system for combinatorial layout design automation and optimization using this evolutionary design approach is also disclosed in the present invention.