• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.19 no.40
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• pp.107-117
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• 1996

This paper considers the part assignment to workstations in flexible manufactuirng system (FMS). Parts are processed through several workstations according to processing order. The machines of each workstation can do multiple Processing functions. Therefore, a processing of a part can be processed in several workstations, which are non-identical in functional performance. Although a processing of a part can be processed in the multiple workstations, it has to be processed in only one among available several workstations, Parts are transported with unit load by automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The criteria of part assignment is to minimize the maximum value of the processing times of each workstation and the total transport times of vehicles. Model formulation is suggested, and numerical example is shown.

• Architectural research
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.11-16
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to scrutinize the effect of office layouts and ambient office sounds on the performance of office workers involved with a proof-reading test (simple task). Twenty subjects, who were professional researchers and computer programmers, were from three different office layouts: 1) Nine subjects from a combined office type with open meeting places and closed individual offices; 2) five from an open office with rectangular individual workstations, and 3) six from an open office with triangular individual workstations. Architects and consultants working in the field of office have reported from interviews and their own observations that occupants' satisfaction differs as their office layouts vary although the sizes are the same. This finding leads to the hypothesis of this experiment. Proof-reading test results were obtained from three different office layouts (combined office type, rectangular and triangular individual workstations in open offices) under two different sound conditions (quiet background sound and ambient sound of their own workplace) for 10 minutes. The test analysis shows the mean test score of subjects from the triangular individual workstations in open offices is significantly different from the mean test scores of subjects from the combined office type and the rectangular individual workstations in open offices.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.94.1-94
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• 2002

This paper is concerned with parallel FFT and Quick-Merge Sort. They are implemented on computers interconnected by VMIC 5579 reflective memory and a cluster of workstations (PCs) interconnected via Fast Ethernet. Message passing interface (MPI) parallel library is used for communication in a cluster of workstations. An improved parallel FFT is also presented to decrease an execution time in the case of a small number of hosts. Distributed shared memory (DSM), VMIC 5579 reflective memory (RM), a cluster of workstations (COW) and message passing interface (MPI) parallel library are described.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.20 no.42
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• pp.99-109
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• 1997

This paper considers to determine the processing workstation of parts and number of machines at workstations in multi-stage manufacturing system. Several part types are processed simultaneously through multi-stage, which consist of several workstations. The machines in each stage are identical in function, but non-identical in functional performance depending on workstations. Two models are suggested. One is assumed that a part type can be processed at the only one workstation in each processing stage. The other is assumed that a part type can be processed at several workstations. Decision criteria is to minimize the sum of the processing cost, travel cost and machine setup cost. Model formulations are presented, and a numerical example is shown.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1266-1272
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• 1997

Due to the price and performanceof uniprocessor workstations and off-the shelf networking, network of workstations(NOW) ae now a cost-effective parallel processing platform tht is competitive with supercomputers. Meanwhile, current network fiile system protocols rely heavily on a central server to coordinate file activity among client workstations. This central server can become a bottleneck that limits scalibility for environments with large numbers of clients. In this paper, we propsoe a highly reliable and effective software RAID file system on the network of workstation environment. We present results form a trace-driven simulation study that shows that the designed software RAID file system is more effective in the aspect of elapsed time when compared with client/server file systems.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.20 no.43
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• pp.249-263
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• 1997

This paper addresses the parts route selection and economic design in flexible manufactuirng system (FMS). Parts are processed through several stage workstations according to operation sequences. The machine of each workstation can do multiple operation functions. And the operation stage of a part can be processed in several workstations, which are non-identical in functional performance. The objective of this paper is to determine the processing routes of parts, number of machine at each workstation, number of vehicle and makespan time. Two models are suggested. One is assumed that the operation stage of parts can be processed at the only one among several available workstations. Other is assumed that the operation stage of parts is allowed to be processed at several workstations. Parts are transported by automated guided vehicles (AGVs). The decision criteria is to minimize the sum of processing cost, travel cost, setup cost and overhead cost. The formulation of models is represented. A solution algorithm is suggested, and a numerical example is shown.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.21 no.46
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• pp.19-32
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• 1998

This paper addresses the processing route of parts and economic design in flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs) employing AGVs for Transport. Parts are processed through several workstations according to operation sequences. The machine of each workstation can do multiple operation functions. The operation stage of a part can be processed in several workstations, which are non-identical in functional performance. The objective of this paper is to determine the processing route of parts, number of machines at each workstation, number of vehicles. The model is assumed that the operation stage of parts can be processed at the only one among several available workstations. Parts are transported by automated guided vehicle system(AGVS). The decision criteria is to minimize the sum of processing cost, travel cost, operating cost. A model formulation is represented. A solution algorithm is suggested by using mathematical programming and simulation technique, and a numerical example is shown.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.625-627
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• 2002

워크스테이션 네트워크 (NOW: Network of Workstations)은 고성능의 병렬 연산을 위한 중요하고 효과적인 기반환경을 제공하고 있다. NOW 환경에서 통신과 동기화 비용은 다중프로세서 시스템보다 상대적으로 매우 크다. NOW에서 병렬 태스크와 통신을 위한 스케줄링 기법의 선택은 시스템의 활용도와 성능에 큰 영향을 미치므로 효과적으로 스케줄링 알고리즘에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 버스 기반의 NOW에서 병렬 태스크를 위한 스케줄링 알고리즘을 제안하고, 시뮬레이션을 통하여 통신비용의 변화에 따른 시스템의 성능을 비교한다. 알고리즘은 태스크 중복을 기반으로 하며 통신에 따른 스케줄링 길이를 줄이기 위하여 휴리스틱을 사용한다.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.81-92
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• 2001

The clustering environment with heterogeneous workstations provides the cost effectiveness and usability for executing applications in parallel. The load balancing is considered as a necessary feature for the clustering of heterogeneous workstations to minimize the turnaround time. Since each workstation may have different users, groups. requests for different tasks, and different processing power, the capability of each processing unit is relative to the others' unit in the clustering environment Previous works is a static approach which assign a predetermined weight for the processing capability of each workstation or a dynamic approach which executes a benchmark program to get relative processing capability of each workstation. The execution of the benchmark program, which has nothing to do with the application being executed, consumes the computation time and the overall turnaround time is delayed. In this paper, we present an efficient task distribution method and implementation of load balancing system for the clustering environment with heterogeneous workstations. Turnaround time of the methods presented in this paper is compared with the method without load balancing as well as with the method load balancing with performance evaluation program. The experimental results show that our methods outperform all the other methods that we compared.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.117-122
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• 2005

An assembly system (AS), a valuable tool for mass production, is generally composed of a number of workstations and a transport system. While the workstations perform some preplanned operations, the transport system moves the assemblies by special designed pallets from one station to another. One common problem associated with automatic assembly systems is that some assembly operations may have relatively long cycle times. As a consequence, the productivity, as determined by the operations with the longest cycle time, can be reduced significantly. Therefore, special forms of parallel workstations were developed to improve the performance of an assembly system. In this paper, three most commonly used parallel stations: on-line, off-line and tunnel-gated stations in a free transfer assembly system are studied via discrete event simulation. Our findings revealed that the off-line parallel system has the best performance because the two independent parallel stations can lower the buffer requirement; reduce the sensitivity to variability of processing time and balance of a line. On-line parallel systems were found to have a relatively poor performance, because the operations of two parallel stations block each other, and higher buffer capacity is required to achieve similar capacity. The tunnel-gated system was more efficient than the on-line system since the first parallel station can operate independently. More importantly, we have quantified the productivity of the three different strategies mentioned. Engineers can choose the optimal strategies for installing parallel stations under their working environment.