Facility layout planning (FLP) involves a set of design problems related to the arrangement
of the elements that shape industrial production systems in a physical space. The fact that …

Abstract Generally, in Home Health Care (HHC) logistics, caregivers which are started from
a pharmacy are scheduled and routed to do different care services at patients' home. At the …

In this research, a new metaheuristic optimization algorithm, inspired by biological nervous
systems and artificial neural networks (ANNs) is proposed for solving complex optimization …

The current universally challenging SARS-COV-2 pandemic has transcended all the social,
logical, economic, and mortal boundaries regarding global operations. Although myriad …

Abstract Home Health Care (HHC) is generally defined and considered as a set of nurses
serving the patients at home by providing the required drugs and other HHC services (eg …

In this paper, we propose a new multi-objective optimization approach for the
pharmaceutical supply chain network (PSCN) design problem to minimize the total cost and …

The facility layout design problem is significantly relevant within the business operations
strategies framework and has emerged as an alternate strategy towards supply chain …

A properly arranged subsea production system reduces costs and contributes to production
performance due to favorable hydraulic characteristics and flow assurance. Therefore, the …

A crucial measure to accelerate the low-carbon transformation of enterprises in the industrial
sector involves stringent control over carbon emissions attributed to logistics and …

To meet the requirement of product variety and short production cycle, reconfigurable
manufacturing system is considered as an effective solution in addressing current …