An iterated greedy algorithm (IGA) is a simple and powerful heuristic algorithm. It is widely
used to solve flow-shop scheduling problems (FSPs), an important branch of production …

With the transformation and upgrading of the manufacturing industry, manufacturing systems
have become increasingly complex in terms of the structural functionality, process flows …

The disassembly complexity of end-of-life products increases continuously. Traditional
methods are facing difficulties in solving the decision-making and control problems of …

Recycling, reusing, and remanufacturing of end-of-life (EOL) products have been receiving
increasing attention. They effectively preserve the ecological environment and promote the …

Group scheduling problems have attracted much attention owing to their many practical
applications. This work proposes a new bi-objective serial-batch group scheduling problem …

The artificial potential field approach is an efficient path planning method. However, to deal
with the local-stable-point problem in complex environments, it needs to modify the potential …

Batch scheduling problems are NP-hard and often coupled with logistics optimization
problems in industrial manufacturing scenarios, further increasing the challenge of decision …

Width deviation is an important metric for evaluating the quality of a hot-rolled strip in steel
production systems. This paper considers a width deviation prediction problem and …

Wire rod and bar rolling is an important batch production process in steel production
systems. A scheduling problem originated from this process is studied in this work by …

The distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem (DPFSP) has attracted much
attention in recent years. In this paper, we extend the DPFSP by considering the sequence …