Scheduling involving setup times/costs plays an important role in today's modern
manufacturing and service environments for the delivery of reliable products on time. The …

The introduction of intelligent machines and autonomous vehicles to agricultural operations
will allow for increased efficiency as well as for reduced environmental impact. Currently …

Agricultural robot technology has experienced rapid development in the past ten years, and
agricultural robots have been used to implement various complex agricultural tasks. In these …

Machinery cost is the major cost item in farm businesses in highly mechanized production
systems. Moreover, in the last years, high power machines, advanced technologies, higher …

For wheat harvesting considering fragmental farmlands, traditional wheat harvest
scheduling based on large-scale arable lands is unfavorable in China. Combine-harvesters …

Due to the increasing demands of a growing world population, farmers are tasked with
increasing productivity without increasing resource use. This can be achieved by deploying …

Today, one of the top priorities of an organization's modern corporate strategy is to portray
itself as socially responsible and environmentally sustainable. As a focal point of …

In the light of the current development toward large, and consequently, complicated
agricultural production systems, such as systems of biomass production as bioenergy …

Highlights•The biomass collection problem is addressed as a vehicle routing problem.•A
hybrid approach based on genetic algorithms maximises transportation …

Nowadays, farmers and even governments are faced with increasing yields with limited
resources, and the extensive use of agricultural machinery is one of the most efficient …