Artificial intelligence in advanced manufacturing: Current status and future outlook

JF Arinez, Q Chang, RX Gao… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Today's manufacturing systems are becoming increasingly complex, dynamic, and
connected. The factory operations face challenges of highly nonlinear and stochastic activity …

Throughput analysis of production systems: recent advances and future topics

J Li, D E. Blumenfeld, N Huang… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Throughput analysis is important for the design, operation and management of production
systems. A substantial amount of research has been devoted to develo** analytical …

Increasing flexibility and productivity in Industry 4.0 production networks with autonomous mobile robots and smart intralogistics

G Fragapane, D Ivanov, M Peron, F Sgarbossa… - Annals of operations …, 2022 - Springer
Manufacturing flexibility improves a firm's ability to react in timely manner to customer
demands and to increase production system productivity without incurring excessive costs …

[HTML][HTML] A digital twin based framework for detection, diagnosis, and improvement of throughput bottlenecks

M Kumbhar, AHC Ng, S Bandaru - Journal of manufacturing systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Digitalization through Industry 4.0 technologies is one of the essential steps for the complete
collaboration, communication, and integration of heterogeneous resources in a …

A Hierarchical structure of key performance indicators for operation management and continuous improvement in production systems

N Kang, C Zhao, J Li, JA Horst - International journal of production …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Key performance indicators (KPIs) are critical for manufacturing operation management and
continuous improvement (CI). In modern manufacturing systems, KPIs are defined as a set of …

Assembly systems in Industry 4.0 era: a road map to understand Assembly 4.0

Y Cohen, H Naseraldin, A Chaudhuri… - The International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
The 4th industrial revolution (Industry 4.0, I4. 0) is based upon the penetration of many new
technologies to the industrial world. These technologies are posed to fundamentally change …

Improved multi-fidelity simulation-based optimisation: application in a digital twin shop floor

Z Zhang, Z Guan, Y Gong, D Luo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the literature has paid considerable attention to digital twin technology for
the implementation of Industry 4.0 and intelligent manufacturing. Most of the literature …

Explainable multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for real-time demand response towards sustainable manufacturing

L Yun, D Wang, L Li - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The demand response (DR) plays a significant role in manufacturing system energy
management and sustainable industrial development. Current literature on DR management …

Time-of-use based electricity demand response for sustainable manufacturing systems

Y Wang, L Li - Energy, 2013 - Elsevier
As required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, utility companies across the US are offering
TOU (time-of-use) based electricity demand response programs. The TOU rate gives …

SPECIES—Co-evolution of products, processes and production systems

T Tolio, D Ceglarek, HA ElMaraghy, A Fischer, SJ Hu… - CIRP annals, 2010 - Elsevier
Manufacturing enterprises are changing the way they behave in the market to face the
increasing complexity of the economic, socio-political and technological dynamics …