In this paper, general requirements of next generation manufacturing systems are
discussed, and the strategies to meet these requirements are considered. The production …

This paper summarizes our survey on the development of reconfigurable machines (RMs).
The goals of this survey were to (i) clarify the needs and drivers to develop the RMs,(ii) …

We consider a multi-project scheduling problem, where each project is composed of a set of
activities, with precedence relations, requiring specific amounts of local and shared (among …

In the context of Industry 4.0, the matrix production concept represents revolutionary
solutions from a technological and logistics point of view. In a matrix production system …

Although supply chain (SC) has gained increasing attention in the last decade and
numerous SC problems have been identified and solved, there is a lack of systematic …

Participating members in a manufacturing supply chain (MSC) usually make use of
individual knowledge for making independent decisions. Recent research, however …

Fused filament fabrication, like most layer-wise additive manufacturing processes, is
hindered by low production rates and scalability issues. Concurrent fused filament …

This paper focuses on the decision-making mechanism of coordination protocol for a multi-
agent system in collaborative, distributed environment requiring resource allocation …

Participating members in a manufacturing supply chain usually make use of an information
system like enterprise resources planning (ERP) for planning and scheduling activities …

In this thesis we consider the barge handling problem, which is about the alignment of barge
and terminal operations in a port. Complicating factor in tackling this problem is that …