Operation optimization of the steel manufacturing process: A brief review

Z Xu, Z Zheng, X Gao - International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and …, 2021 - Springer
Against the realistic background of excess production capacity, product structure imbalance,
and high material and energy consumption in steel enterprises, the implementation of …

A two-stage stochastic programming for single yard crane scheduling with uncertain release times of retrieval tasks

F Zheng, X Man, F Chu, M Liu, C Chu - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays maritime transportation has become the mainstream of the global logistics, and
the operational efficiency of container terminals plays a critical role in maritime …

Integrated berth allocation and quay crane assignment with maintenance activities

F Zheng, Y Li, F Chu, M Liu, Y Xu - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
With the rapid development of worldwide container trade, quay cranes and other resources
in container terminals are suffering from increasing workloads. To reduce their failure …

Assigning and sequencing storage locations under a two level storage policy: Optimization model and matheuristic approaches

G Lanza, M Passacantando, MG Scutellà - Omega, 2022 - Elsevier
We deal with a problem which combines storage location assignment with sequencing
decisions about the assigned storage locations. Given a set of different product types, with …

The integrated planning of outgoing coil selection for retrieval, multi-crane scheduling, and location assignment to the incoming and blocking coils in steel coil …

F Nadali, M Iranpoor, Y Malekian - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, the problem of scheduling crane-operated warehouses in a triangle stacking
style is investigated. In a steel supply chain, warehouses play a significant role in …

Model and heuristic solutions for the multiple double-load crane scheduling problem in slab yards

G Zhao, J Liu, L Tang, R Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article studies a multiple double-load crane scheduling problem in steel slab yards.
Consideration of multiple cranes and their double-load capability makes the scheduling …

A branch and price algorithm for crane assignment and scheduling in slab yard

X Wang, MC Zhou, Q Zhao, S Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In a steel industry, a slab yard plays a role of a buffer between continuous casting stage and
rolling mill. An effective assignment and scheduling of cranes can guarantee the operation …

Q-learning and ACO hybridisation for real-time scheduling on heterogeneous distributed architectures

Y Hajoui, O Bouattane, M Youssfi… - International Journal …, 2019 - inderscienceonline.com
In the intensive computation field, it is worth mentioning that extensive computing power and
considerable storage capacity are needed by greedy applications. To reach the required …

Energy-oriented crane scheduling in a steel coil storage

C Weckenborg, P Oetjegerdes, TS Spengler - Flexible Services and …, 2024 - Springer
In steel coil storages, gantry cranes store steel coils in a triangular stacking pattern and
retrieve them to serve customer demand on time. The crane movements cause high energy …

Scheduling twin robots in a palletising problem

O Thomasson, M Battarra, G Erdoğan… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper introduces the Twin Robot Palletising Problem (TRPP) in which two robots must
be scheduled and routed to pick up and deliver products at specified locations along a rail …