Then a number of layouts of the road network (guide-path) are carefully designed for the workspace of the AGVs in a container terminal.
In this context, our work builds a methodology where a huge number of layouts can be studied and from which an optimal layout can be determined; this methodolody applies to a variety of metrics and not only to the precise choice we have made here.
While further experimental and theoretical studies will be necessary to determine which cost function will turn out to be most relevant in practice, we believe that our work represents a useful methodology to investigate a large number of layouts and find an optimal one according to some metric.
A computer-aided layout-planning tool was used to generate a considerable numbers of layout alternatives as well as to generate quantitative decision-making unit (DMU) outputs.
At the page level, the physical organization of a document is described by its layout layer in connection with the physical realization of a number of logical layout elements.
The results suggest that EASE can generate valid layouts, quantify the constraints' degree of satisfaction and find a number of optimal layout solutions.
Although there are a number of automated layout algorithms for various types of biological networks, currently none specialize on process description (PD) maps as defined by SBGN.
In its core, a number of advanced layout algorithms are available, including those based on spring-embedded and force -directed graph drawing approaches [ 22, 23].
Although the MatlabBGL toolbox (Gleich, 2006) has a number of graph layout algorithms in mex/c++ code that can be used to speed up the calculation of large graphs in MetaboNetworks, all MetaboNetworks' functionalities are implemented using a simple graphical user interface and Matlab code.
