The layout is an important issue in the design of manufacturing systems. In conventional
systems, the layout rarely changes after the initial design. However, as the market demands …

Inspired by the new achievements in mobile robotics having as a result mobile robots able to
execute different production tasks, we consider a factory producing a set of distinct products …

In this work we address the Multi-Robot Task Allocation Problem (MRTA). We assume that
the decision making environment is decentralized with as many decision makers (agents) as …

Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS), which possess the advantages of both
dedicated manufacturing lines (DML) and flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), are …

Technological advances, promoted by the Industry 4.0 paradigm, attempt to support the
reconfigurability of manufacturing systems and to contribute to adaptive operational …

With the gradual diversification of customer demand, to improve the rapid response ability of
enterprises, this paper fully considers uncertain market information under the background of …

Open and shared manufacturing factories typically dispose of a limited number of industrial
robots and/or other production resources that should be properly allocated to tasks in time …

Today, because the market is scattered around the world, manufacturing activities are not
limited to a single location and have spread globally. As a result, the discussion of …

[EN] In the capacitated production planning problem, quantities of products need to be
determined at consecutive periods within a given time horizon when product demands …

Market growth and mass customization cause a need for a change in traditional
manufacturing. Decentralized decision making and integration of process planning is …