TollSim: Simulation and evaluation of toll stations

This work presents a stochastic simulation model and experimentation for a toll system developed for a highly concurred highway toll in Venezuela, followed by a discussion of performance and economic indicators. Although mathematical models for resource problems have been developed, their use is not widespread, particularly in developing countries were toll systems are manually operated. The main objective of TollSim is to start building an infrastructure and infostructure to be used in a decision support system for management of traffic related issues in a technologically excluded region. The model was developed using an object‐oriented approach and implemented in MODSIM‐III, SIMGRAPHICSII and SIMDRAW.     

A contribution to the development of strategic control and planning instruments: An acquisition case study

The present paper is part of the efforts made by the authors in recent years to develop strategic control and planning instruments in corporations using OR‐techniques like system dynamics, control theory, and group multicriteria decision aid. A more general framework called ‘adaptive control methodology’ (ACM) combines all these techniques. It has been presented in several papers. The objective of the present analysis is to calibrate this instrument and to tune it to the corporate needs by analysing real‐world applications. More specifically, several case studies have been investigated in large multinational organisations in the food sector. An acquisition case has been used for the calibration purpose. It is analysed in the paper from the ACM perspective to provide additional material for revisiting and improving the methodology.     

Monitoring healthcare performance by analytic hierarchy process: a developing-country perspective

The formulation and solution of multi‐criteria healthcare decision problems is of critical importance to the health and socio‐economic betterment of developing countries. The study shows how the multi‐criteria decision‐making method could facilitate implementation of healthcare performance analysis, especially for the public healthcare system of Bangladesh, which operates mainly through thana health complexes (THCs). We include outreach services and rural facilities together with ongoing THC activities, and analyze their relative performance. The methodology uses a phase of the Delphi method and of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approach. The outcome of Delphi is used as input for the hierarchical processing procedure in AHP and determines performance order of the healthcare activities. Results from AHP are discussed for implementation in decision‐making and the managerial policymaking process, towards improvement of overall healthcare performance.     

Fabrication process of open surfaces by robotic fibre placement

Composite materials are being used extensively in many industrial sectors. They offer excellent material properties compared to other structural materials available. However, the traditional fabrication process using manual hand lay-up is time consuming and labour intensive. Therefore, robotic fibre placement has been introduced to overcome these drawbacks. This approach may greatly reduce cycle time and manufacturing costs. This paper describes the overall strategy for the establishment of a flexible robotic fibre placement technique. The fabrication process planning of this new technique is presented. Three different types of fibre placement for open surfaces are discussed. These include simulation-based fibre path generation, fibre steering, and sensory-based contour following methodologies. The system architecture for the process control is also presented.     

An integrated real time MRP and group technology system

The approach taken in this paper is twofold. First manufacturing environment is simplified for the purposes of planning and control without losing any of the essential characteristics. Second, a simple GT model is applied to the shop floor area and real time MRP is applied to the assembly area. The aim of this study is to develop and compare with a simulation of similar proposal except that jobshop is used in the shop floor area instead. The variable factors in both models were the set up time to operation time ratio and the intensity of the loading on the machines. In the highly loaded situations, the GT model faired better than the job shop model. However, for low loaded situations the performances of the two models were similar.     

论发展城市旅游对城市规划的要求

针对城市旅游在当前正蓬勃发展的现象,论述了城市旅游对城市规划的要求.首先指出它的发展虽有城市旅游相关规划作为指导,但这一相关规划有其局限性,城市旅游的发展需要城市规划的配合.接着分析了目前的城市规划在面向城市旅游方面存在着明显不足.最后提出为促进城市旅游的发展,城市规划应针对不足,做出相应的改进和调整.     

关于近期建设规划新探索

通过对<近期建设规划暂行办法>条文的解读,分析了近期建设规划地位上升将对规划体系的影响,分析了<近期建设规划暂行办法>体现出的改革创新,提出了近期建设规划的几种新型编制技术方法.     

直流输电技术的发展及其在我国电网中的作用

我国电网面临空前发展的局面。由于直流输电具有送电距离远、送电容量大、控制灵活等特点，因此在运、在建及规划建设中的直流输电工程已经和即将在西电东送、南北互供中承担主要送电任务，在未来全国联网中发挥重要作用。做好直流输电的研究、规划和建设是今后一段时间我国电网发展的重要任务。     

基于计算资源效率分配的多种群中心解搜索电网规划算法

分析了现代启发式算法易陷入局部最优及计算效率不高的原因，提出了计算资源依搜索效率合理分配的全新概念。给出了多种群中心解搜索电网规划算法。该算法基于多解群按效率获得计算资源，借鉴免疫算法的记忆细胞设置，但改点记忆为面记忆，具有更高的记忆效率，能够有效地识别并记忆局部最优解，利用对解间距离的信息熵量度，抑制搜索陷入局部最优，具有优秀的局部搜索能力和全局搜索能力。算例表明该文算法的有效性。     

配电自动化规划的基本思路和步骤

实施配电自动化可提高整个配电系统的供电可靠性和服务水平，产生显著的社会效益和经济效益。结合配电网的一次规划与改造，进行配电自动化的规划工作，可避免重复改造，充分发挥配电自动化的投资效益。良好的配电自动化规划是供电企业在供电区域内分阶段实施配电自动化的科学依据。本文简要探讨进行配电自动化规划的一些基本思路和前提条件及进行配电自动化规划的基本步骤。由于配电自动化在我国还处于初级实施阶段，有关配电自动化规划的一些内容还有必要进一步完善和研究。