Information and communication technologies are permeating all aspects of industrial and
manufacturing systems, expediting the generation of large volumes of industrial data. This …

This paper reviews some of the most recently reported research into challenges and leading
innovations in intelligent manufacturing for the Factories of the Future (FoF). Such research …

Considering economic and environmental concerns as well as thermal and visual comfort
requirements, this paper introduces the idea of Smart Energy-Aware Manufacturing Plant …

Job scheduling is an important part of production management and an effective method for
increasing productivity, improving enterprise competitiveness, and reducing production …

With the development of sensing and communications technology, some new features have
emerged in manufacturing processes, such as highly correlated, deeply integrated …

The manufacturing sector has been identified as a major contributor to global carbon
emission. The future product demands are linked to the manufacturing and consumption of …

The global community has supported the need for sustainable and renewable energy due to
environmental concerns from the greenhouse gas emission. Biomass stands as one of the …

In recent years, the topic of sustainable manufacturing system design with energy saving
features has received increasing attention. For a typical production line setting, the …

Prediction of energy consumption for a country (region) plays critical roles in economy and
energy security, and accurate energy consumption forecasting is valuable for policy makers …

The production systems in process industries are confirmed to be tremendously energy-
consuming, and the trust in promoting their energy efficiency has become a concern, with its …