Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) form a large and important part of the logistic transport
systems in today's industry. They are used on a large scale, especially in Europe, for over a …

To reduce waste during disassembly production and improve disassembly efficiency, this
study investigates a type of partial parallel disassembly line applicable for the simultaneous …

This paper proposes an advanced decentralized method where an Automated Guided
Vehicle (AGV) can optimally insert charging stations into an already assigned optimal tour of …

Recommendation systems play an indispensable role in tourists' decision-making process.
An important issue for tourists concerns the selection of accommodation in accordance with …

In this study, a dynamic extended row facility layout problem is investigated where the
dynamic manufacturing process is considered. This problem involves the rearrangement …

The paper proposes an innovation method of integrating a multi-agent reinforcement
learning and 3D A* search,< MARL, A*>, to tackle the facility layout problem with the goal of …

Loading and unloading operations are frequent and important in the production workshop.
Thus, this paper proposes a novel double-row layout problem, which involves the location …

Low-carbon sustainable development has become the consensus of manufacturing
enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities. Facility layout is an essential part of …

Thus far in the available literature, capability-based facility layout design approaches were
developed by only considering equal machine areas, where they are assigned to the pre …

Facility layout problems focus on the assignment of departments into the facility layout by
considering the minimization of total costs. A well-designed facility result in efficient material …