From the past few decades many nature inspired algorithms have been developed and
gaining more popularity because of their effectiveness in solving problems of distinct …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) allows communication between devices, things, and
any digital assets that send and receive data over a network without requiring interaction …

In this study, a self-learning discrete Jaya algorithm (SD-Jaya) is proposed to address the
energy-efficient distributed no-idle flow-shop scheduling problem (FSP) in a heterogeneous …

Green flexible job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) aims to improve profit and reduce
energy consumption for modern manufacturing. Meanwhile, FJSP with type-2 fuzzy …

With increasing environmental awareness and energy requirement, sustainable
manufacturing has attracted growing attention. Meanwhile, distributed manufacturing …

With economic globalization and increasingly concerned sustainable manufacturing, energy-
aware distributed scheduling and flexible assembly are significant to optimize global supply …

Due to the development of modern information technology, the emergence of the fog
computing enhances equipment computational power and provides new solutions for …

It was discovered post publication that the Managing Guest Editor of the Special Issue,
Gunasekaran Manogaran, was also an author of the article: the version of the paper which …

Facing increasingly serious ecological problems, sustainable development and green
manufacturing have attracted much attention. Meanwhile, with the development of …

Structural design and optimization are important topics for the control and design of
industrial robots. The motivation behind this research is to design a robot gripper …