The COVID-19 pandemic has made a significant impact on various supply chains (SCs). All
around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic affects different dimensions of SCs, including but …

With the rapid development of electric vehicles, the disposal of retired lithium batteries is a
grand challenge for the waste management based on reliability, efficiency and sustainability …

A disassembly line is an industrialized and automated production line which should be
scheduled with high production efficiency. Although many disassembly line balancing …

To formulate a real-world optimization problem, it is sometimes necessary to adopt a set of
non-linear terms in the mathematical formulation to capture specific operational …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) symbolizes numerous devices which are connected
globally through the internet technology and are able to collect and share relevant data. The …

The recent advances in sustainable supply chain management are integrated with Industry
4.0 concepts. This study develops a new integrated model to consider the sustainability and …

The implementation of emergency scheduling of priority-based rescue vehicles for
extinguishing forest fires is a complex optimization problem facing with many challenges …

Nowadays, an efficient and robust plan for maintenance activities can reduce the total cost
significantly in the equipment-driven industry. Maintenance activities are directly associated …

With the guidance of the advanced manufacturing philosophy, green scheduling and energy
efficiency have received considerable attention from enterprises and countries. Meanwhile …

Recent years have seen a rapid development in industrialization and urbanization with a
huge growth in the population throughout the world. In this regard, an efficient and robust …