The ABC algorithm is one of the popular optimization algorithms and has been used
successfully in solving many real-world problems. Numeric, binary, integer, mixed integer …

Each year, disasters (natural or man-made) cause a lot of damage and take many people's
lives. In this situation, many volunteers come to help. While the proper management of …

The artificial bee colony, ABC for short, algorithm is population-based iterative optimization
algorithm proposed for solving the optimization problems with continuously-structured …

Workforce assignment and energy consumption impact greatly on the manufacturing
performance. In this work, we study a multi-skilled worker assignment and assembly line …

Production scheduling is one of the most critical issues in manufacturing and production
systems and has markedly positive impact on the performances of manufacturing. In the past …

This paper investigates an order acceptance and scheduling problem with an energy
consumption budget, a machine launch budget, and the order release time in a green …

The paper is concerned with the Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem where certain
service providers complete tasks at different locations. The presented optimisation …

The production planning and scheduling problems of printed circuit board (PCB) assembly
line robustly influence the production efficiency of PCB industries. The current study focuses …

The artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm, a relatively new swarm intelligence optimization
technique, has been shown to be a competitive alternative to other population-based …

The use of the Artificial Bee Colony algorithm (ABC) for optimization has significantly grown
in the last few years. This paper presents an improved ABC by combining the Beetle …