Production Scheduling (PS) is an essential paradigm within supply and manufacturing
systems and an important element of sustainable development. PS, mainly known for its …

In healthcare, the planning and the management of resources are challenging as there are
always many complex and stochastic factors in both demand and supply. Simulation …

Cyber physical system (CPS) enables companies to keep high traceability and controllability
in manufacturing for better quality and improved productivity. However, several challenges …

Simulation Optimization (SO) techniques refer to a set of methods that have been applied to
stochastic optimization problems, structured so that the optimizer (s) are integrated with …

Abstract In the Industry 4.0 era, advanced technologies are transforming manufacturing
processes and systems. Additionally, the increasing prevalence of big data and AI …

Semiconductor industry has continuously migrated for advanced technology nodes with
capital intensive capacities to fulfil the demands and maintain competitive advantages …

The new wave of Industry 4.0 is transforming manufacturing factories into data-rich
environments. This provides an unprecedented opportunity to feed large amounts of sensing …

In the last decade, increasing costs and organizational concerns regarding the funding and
allocation of financial resources have led to significant attention being given to financial flow …

At the current worrisome rate of global consumption, the linear economy model of producing
goods, using them, and then disposing of them with no thought of the environmental, social …

The mobile phone is a typical 3C electronic product characterized by frequent replacement,
multiple product specifications, high flexibility, high-frequency production line switching, and …