Modeling Design Iteration in Product Design and Development and Its Solution by a Novel Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm

Table 1

Task information for an engineering design of a chemical processing system [33].

Number	Description of tasks	Duration (day)	Predecessor
1	Operating structure design	6	13, 15
2	Vessel design	12	7, 9
3	Plant layout/general arrangement	5
4	Shipping design	8	1, 15
5	Structure lifting design	4	1, 7, 9, 12
6	Pressure drop analysis	4	8, 15, 17
7	Process engineering	3
8	Structural documentation	3	3, 4, 5
9	Size valves	4	3, 12
10	Wind load design	5	1, 2, 8
11	Seismic design	9	3, 5, 7, 12
12	Piping design	4
13	Process and instrumentation diagram	2	2, 7, 12
14	Equipment support	2	1, 2, 6, 7, 15
15	Pipe flexibility analysis	2	2, 3, 12
16	Design documentation	4	1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 18
17	Foundation load design	5	4, 9, 13
18	Insulation structural design	5	1, 2, 7, 8, 11
19	Structural bill of material (BOM)	6	5, 10, 18
20	Assembly design	7	4, 9, 12, 14