DocumentCode :
2824134
Title :
A radio frequency identification network design methodology for the decision problem in Mackay Memorial Hospital based on swarm optimization
Author :
Yeh, Wei-Chang ; Yeh, Yuan-Ming ; Chou, Chun-Hua ; Chung, Y.-Y. ; He, Xiangjian
Author_Institution :
Adv. Analytics Inst., Univ. of Technol. Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
fYear :
2012
fDate :
10-15 June 2012
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
7
Abstract :
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an automatic identification system which has become a hot topic in the fields of manufacturing, logistics, and so on. The purpose of this research is to propose a methodology for designing the RFID network planning problem (RNP) for application in the Mackay Memorial Hospital in Hsinchu, Taiwan. In this study, the RFID network is first considered as a grid and divided into several small squares. A soft computing methodology called FKB-SSO is proposed to solve the RNP problem based on simplified swarm optimization (SSO) by integrating k-means, fuzzy adaptive resonance theory (fuzzy-ART), and binary search. The proposed FKB-SSO will provide the basis for strategic decisions in constructing the RFID network to reduce the number of RFID readers with a minimal budget under the constraint of 100% coverage rate. The proposed FKB-SSO is more efficient than PSO and experts´ manual solution in both run time and solution quality.
Keywords :
ART neural nets; fuzzy set theory; hospitals; particle swarm optimisation; planning (artificial intelligence); radiofrequency identification; search problems; FKB-SSO; Hsinchu; Mackay Memorial Hospital; RFID network planning problem design; RFID readers; RNP; Taiwan; automatic identification system; binary search; coverage rate; fuzzy adaptive resonance theory; fuzzy-ART; k-means algorithm; minimal budget; radio frequency identification network design methodology; run time; simplified swarm optimization; soft computing methodology; solution quality; strategic decisions; Hospitals; Layout; Manuals; Particle swarm optimization; RFID tags; Subspace constraints; Radio-frequency identification (RFID); binary search; fuzzy adaptive resonance theory (fuzzy-ART); k-means; network design; simplified swarm optimization (SSO); soft computing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2012 IEEE Congress on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, QLD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1510-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1508-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.2012.6256641
Filename :
6256641
Link To Document :
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