The concurrent societal goals and environmental challenges force industries to become
more human-centric, sustainable, and resilient, which is envisioned as a value-oriented …

This article studies the scheduling problem for a remanufacturing system with parallel
disassembly workstations, parallel flow-shop-type reprocessing lines and parallel …

Optimal buffer allocations can significantly improve system throughput by managing
variability and disruptions in manufacturing or service operations. Organisations can …

Scheduling aircraft turnarounds at airports requires the coordination of several
organizations, including the airport operator, airlines, and ground service providers. The …

Simultaneous optimisation of machines and buffers in a large series-parallel production line
is an NP-hard problem. The formulated optimisation model in this study is used to minimise …

In order to successfully develop and apply cyber-physical systems in manufacturing it is
fundamental to ensure the availability of up-to-date digital models. Production systems are …

One of the main problems in production systems is the buffer sizing. Choosing the right
buffer size, at each production stage, that allows to achieve some performance measure …

Mass customization requires frequent product changeovers thus leading to the need of
manufacturing systems endowed with flexibility and reconfiguration capabilities, in order to …

We consider stochastic flow lines with limited buffer sizes and limited material supply. In
these systems, the configuration of the flow line parameters and the configuration of the …

Abstract The Buffer Allocation Problem (BAP) in production flow lines is very relevant from a
practical point of view and very challenging from a scientific perspective. For this reason, it …