This paper proposed a meta heuristic Particle Swarm Optimization to solve unequal area for
optimization problem at unstable demand of marNet. The paper proposed a reconfiguration …

In this study a new version of adjacency, which provides a more flexible layout design, is
proposed. In the proposed version, departments which are nonadjacent yet close to each …

Any manufacturing system must be consistent with potential changes such as fluctuations in
demand. Uncertainty also makes the above issue more essential. Routing Flexibility (RF) is …

The present research aims at predicting the required activities for preventive maintenance in
terms of equipment optimal cost and reliability. The research sample includes all offshore …

This study aims to deal with a more realistic combined problem of project scheduling and
material ordering. The goal is to minimize the total material holding and ordering costs by …

The facility layout problem is fundamental during the plant design. The solution of this
problem has required strategies that become in numerical challenges. One of them is the …

Facility Layout optimization is a crucial aspect of operations management, impacting
efficiency, productivity, and overall operational costs. In dynamic environments, where layout …

We report a comparative study on the development of high-performance software for solving
the problem of optimal design of multiproduct batch plants on modern parallel systems. We …

This paper deals with a bi-objective hybrid no-wait flowshop scheduling problem minimizing
the make span and TOTAL WEIGHTED TARDINESS, in which we consider transportation …

We propose a metaheuristics-based approach to the optimal design of multi-product batch
plants, with a particular application example of chemical-engineering systems. Our hybrid …