As the critical component of manufacturing systems, production scheduling aims to optimize
objectives in terms of profit, efficiency, and energy consumption by reasonably determining …

With the rapid development of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices and mobile communication
technologies, Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) has emerged as a promising paradigm …

As a new analogy paradigm of human learning process, reinforcement learning (RL) has
become an emerging topic in computational intelligence (CI). The synergy between the RL …

Cloud manufacturing promotes the transformation of intelligence for the traditional
manufacturing mode. In a cloud manufacturing environment, the task scheduling plays an …

Energy efficiency is considered as a crucial objective in cloud data centers as it reduces cost
and meets the standard set in green computing. Task scheduling an important problem …

Designing an effective and efficient end-to-end optimization framework with good
generalization for shop scheduling is an emerging topic in the informational manufacturing …

As one of the most complex parts in manufacturing systems, scheduling plays an important
role in the efficient allocation of resources to meet individual customization requirements …

Since scientific workflow scheduling becomes a major energy contributor in clouds, much
attention has been paid to reduce the energy consumed by workflows. This paper considers …

Cloud is a common distributed environment to share strong and available resources to
increase the efficiency of complex and heavy calculations. In return for the cost paid by cloud …

Cloud computing is widely used in various fields, which can provide sufficient computing
resources to address users' demands (workflows) quickly and effectively. However, resource …