Ever since the times of Henry Ford up to today's industry 4.0 era, flow-oriented assembly
processes, where an assembly line conveys the workpieces from workstation to workstation …

In the research on production economics, line balancing is an intensively studied
combinatorial optimisation problem. In our previous comprehensive survey on line …

The timely recovery and disassembly of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
can not only obtain a higher economic benefit but also can reduce the impact of hazardous …

Workers still perform the bulk of operations in the manufacturing industry. The consideration
of the assignment of workers and the reduction of ergonomic risks in U-shaped assembly …

Cuckoo search (CS) is one of the well-known evolutionary techniques in global optimization.
Despite its efficiency and wide use, CS suffers from premature convergence and poor …

Fuzzy arithmetic operations are applied to mathematical equations that include fuzzy
numbers, which are commonly used to represent non-probabilistic uncertainty in different …

Diagrids are the efficient systems of tube structures for tall buildings. One of the design
considerations for these structures is the geometrical pattern of the system. In this paper, a …

The present study proposes two mixed integer linear programming model for two important
aspects of integrated production-distribution scheduling: order acceptance and batch direct …

The consideration of this paper is given to address the straight and U-shaped assembly line
balancing problem. Although many attempts in the literature have been made to develop …

Meal delivery services is an enormous competitive market, and the most influential factor in
this market is customer experience. As a result, it is crucial to have an efficient delivery …