Multi-factory production planning and scheduling problems have been increasingly studied
by scholars recently due to market uncertainty, technological trends like Industry 4.0 and …

Agent technology has been recognized as a promising paradigm for next generation
manufacturing systems. Researchers have attempted to apply agent technology to …

Discrete event simulation (DES) and system dynamics (SD) are two modelling approaches
widely used as decision support tools in logistics and supply chain management (LSCM). A …

Agent paradigm is a technology recognized as potent tool for the 21 st century
manufacturing system. Researches are on-going in the applications of agent technology to …

In the future smart manufacturing, both of sensor-based environment in shop floors and
cloud-based environment among more and more enterprises are deployed gradually …

Recently, there is an increasing concern toward the management of logistics/supply chain
for Disaster Relief Operations (DROs). While some aspects of commercial logistics/supply …

This paper presents an agent cooperation mechanism for scheduling operations in a
manufacturing network, while allowing manufacturers to absolutely control their scheduling …

Due to cost economies and better serving the global market, many enterprises expanded
their manufacturing environment from a localised, single-site facility to more globalised, multi …

A common dilemma for planners is how to design urban settlements that give people easy
access to a center and nature. Difficulties arise because each household's access to such …

Product oriented manufacturing is aligned with one of the Industry 4.0 trends consisting of
integrating all production systems. This implies shifting from a traditional view of …