Purpose “Technological intelligence” is the capacity to appreciate and adapt technological
advancements, and “artificial intelligence” is the key to achieve persuasive operational …

Production scheduling that involves maintenance activities and resource constraints plays a
crucial role in manufacturing and service environments of the modern age. While research …

In this article, we propose a hybrid artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm to solve a parallel
batching distributed flow-shop problem (DFSP) with deteriorating jobs. In the considered …

Scheduling has an immense effect on various areas of human lives, be it though its
application in manufacturing and production industry, transportation, workforce allocation, or …

Distributed scheduling has been frequently investigated with the increasing applications of
multi-factory production; however, distributed unrelated parallel machine scheduling …

Unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem with additional resource (UPMSPR) has
been extensively considered; however, UPMSPR with preventive maintenance (PM) is …

In this investigation, the single-machine scheduling problem with deterioration effects and
an optional maintenance activity is explored. Deterioration effect means that the actual …

In various complex manufacturing systems such as wafer fabrication, ceramic processes,
and additive manufacturing, a single machine often performs multiple distinct jobs …

This paper presents Outranking-based Particle Swarm Optimisation (O-PSO) a novel
metaheuristic to address the multi-objective Unrelated Parallel Machine Scheduling …

In this study unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem (UPMSP) with preventive
maintenance (PM) and sequence dependent setup times (SDST) is investigated. A multi-sub …