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 …

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 …

Due to immense role of an efficient assembly line in today's manufacturing systems, the
consideration of this paper is devoted to address the straight and U-shaped assembly line …

Sales and operations are the heart of today's businesses, and the decisions made in these
areas will intensively affect the financial performance, operational efficiency and service …

One of the most powerful and applicable tools to evaluate the efficiency of decision making
units (DMUs) is data envelopment analysis (DEA). In order to evaluate the efficiency of multi …

Process planning and scheduling decisions are independently performed in a
manufacturing system in traditional approaches. Integration of these two decisions provides …

The consideration of this study is devoted to deal with the straight and U-shaped assembly
line balancing problems (ALBPs). The ALBP involves allocation of required tasks to a set of …

Due to the high competition in today's global market, design of an efficient supply chain is
necessary to achieve competitive advantages. Having concerned this issue, scheduling is …

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is one of the most powerful and useful instrument to
evaluate the efficiency of DMU's. To measure the relative efficiency of multi-sector DMU's, it …

The concept of schema plays a vital role in the study of genetic algorithms. The effect of
selection, simple crossover and mutation on schemata has already been studied rigorously …