Artificial intelligence in advanced manufacturing: Current status and future outlook

JF Arinez, Q Chang, RX Gao… - Journal of …, 2020 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Today's manufacturing systems are becoming increasingly complex, dynamic, and
connected. The factory operations face challenges of highly nonlinear and stochastic activity …

Reinforcement and deep reinforcement learning-based solutions for machine maintenance planning, scheduling policies, and optimization

O Ogunfowora, H Najjaran - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Systems and machines undergo various failure modes that result in machine health
degradation, so maintenance actions are required to restore them back to a state where they …

Deep reinforcement learning based preventive maintenance policy for serial production lines

J Huang, Q Chang, J Arinez - Expert Systems with Applications, 2020 - Elsevier
In the manufacturing industry, the preventive maintenance (PM) is a common practice to
reduce random machine failures by replacing/repairing the aged machines or parts. The …

Deep multi-agent reinforcement learning for multi-level preventive maintenance in manufacturing systems

J Su, J Huang, S Adams, Q Chang, PA Beling - Expert systems with …, 2022 - Elsevier
Designing preventive maintenance (PM) policies that ensure smooth and efficient
production for large-scale manufacturing systems is non-trivial. Recent model-free …

A Primer on the Factories of the Future

N Anumbe, C Saidy, R Harik - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In a dynamic and rapidly changing world, customers' often conflicting demands have
continued to evolve, outstrip** the ability of the traditional factory to address modern-day …

Most important performance evaluation methods of production lines: A comprehensive review on historical perspective and emerging trends

MU Koyuncuoğlu - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Production is one of the most significant building blocks that strengthen the sustainable
economy of companies and thus contribute to the countries' welfare. Performance indicators …

Data-driven modelling, analysis and improvement of multistage production systems with predictive maintenance and product quality

PH Cui, JQ Wang, Y Li - International Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Predictive maintenance (PM) and quality management help to improve the business bottom
line by alleviating the system performance degradation caused by unscheduled machine …

Data-driven modeling and real-time distributed control for energy efficient manufacturing systems

J Zou, Q Chang, J Arinez, G **ao - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
As manufacturers face the challenges of increasing global competition and energy saving
requirements, it is imperative to seek out opportunities to reduce energy waste and overall …

Dynamic production system diagnosis and prognosis using model-based data-driven method

J Zou, Q Chang, J Arinez, G **ao, Y Lei - Expert Systems with Applications, 2017 - Elsevier
Advanced manufacturing systems are becoming increasingly complex, subjecting to
constant changes driven by fluctuating market demands, new technology insertion, as well …

Production quality improvement during manufacturing systems ramp-up

M Colledani, T Tolio, A Yemane - CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the current manufacturing context, characterized by short product life-cycles, large product
variety, product customization and short innovation cycles, achieving target production …