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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Toshiyuki Hama, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Okano, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Yoshizumi, Yamato, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for determining an array sequence of processing operations to maximize the efficiency of steel plate processing. Between two processing operations, a first sequence constraint based on a first attribute of each processing operation and a second sequence constraint based on a second attribute of each processing operation are defined. A system selects, as a cluster, at least one of processing operations having a common attribute value of the first attribute, and arranged in a sequence satisfying the second sequence constraint. The system regards the first sequence constraint as a sequence constraint between a plurality of clusters, and arranges the plurality of clusters in a sequence maximizing the efficiency of processing.