3.7 Identification of congestion
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3.7 Identification of congestion

  3.7.1 Congestion within regions is identified by local population densities exceeding 4 p/m2 for significant periods of time. These levels of congestion may or may not be significant to the overall assembly process.

  3.7.2 If any identified congestion region is found to persist for longer than 10% of the simulated overall assembly time (tA ), it is considered to be significant.

Parent topic: 3 Method of evaluation
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