J.of Soc of Agri Struc, Japan.
Vol.36,No.2 September 2005, 93-100
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Language: Japanese

    We improved the simulator proposed in our former paper to support the rational construction of agricultural facilities using simulated annealing (SA) . Layout design simulations were carried out to clarify the feasibility of applying them to practical layout design of agricultural facilities. First, the optimal layout design for a new building and a parking area in a practical site that was not a simple rectangle and contained existing buildings was carried out using the simulator. Conditions for layout design were obtained and optimal layout satisfying this design was attained.
    Second, the optimal layout design of machinery for processes such as receiving, drying, husking and bagging of rice in an agricultural facility was also carried out under conditions such that the machinery would be in line with the treatment process, correctly connected to one another and placed out of the rice center building.
    As a result of these simulations, optimal layout designs for agricultural facilities and machinery in the rice center obtained were almost identical to those designed by a skilled design engineer. These results establish that the 2-dimensional layout design simulator we developed is useful for practical application.

Keywords: agricultural facility, computer layout, machinery, practical layout design, simulated annealing, 2-dimensional layout design

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