A review of applications of genetic algorithms in operations management

CKH Lee - Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2018 - Elsevier
Many decisions in operations management (OM) belong to the class of Non-deterministic
Polynomial hard problems and thus heuristic search methods have been applied to improve …

A survey on metaheuristics for stochastic combinatorial optimization

L Bianchi, M Dorigo, LM Gambardella, WJ Gutjahr - Natural Computing, 2009 - Springer
Metaheuristics are general algorithmic frameworks, often nature-inspired, designed to solve
complex optimization problems, and they are a growing research area since a few decades …

Smart semiconductor manufacturing for pricing, demand planning, capacity portfolio and cost for sustainable supply chain management

CF Chien, HA Kuo, YS Lin - International Journal of Logistics …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Leading nations have re-emphasised the importance of semiconductor manufacturing to
supply chain safety and resilience. Limitations of the existing studies can be traced in part to …

Forecasting agricultural output with an improved grey forecasting model based on the genetic algorithm

SL Ou - Computers and electronics in agriculture, 2012 - Elsevier
Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy. Thus, an appropriate tool for
forecasting agricultural output is very important for policy making. In this study, both modified …

A swarm intelligence based sample average approximation algorithm for the capacitated reliable facility location problem

N Aydin, A Murat - International Journal of Production Economics, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a novel hybrid method, swarm intelligence based sample average
approximation (SIBSAA), for solving the capacitated reliable facility location problem …

Stochastic programming based capacity planning for semiconductor wafer fab with uncertain demand and capacity

N Geng, Z Jiang, F Chen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Capacity planning is a challenging problem in semiconductor manufacturing industry due to
high uncertainties both in market and manufacturing systems, short product life cycle, and …

A review of scenario generation methods

S Mitra, ND Domenica - International Journal of Computing …, 2010 - inderscienceonline.com
Stochastic programming models provide a powerful paradigm for decision making under
uncertainty. In these models the uncertainties are captured by scenario generation and so …

Collaborative capacity sharing among manufacturers on the same supply network horizontal layer for sustainable and balanced returns

H Seok, SY Nof - International Journal of Production Research, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
To deal with volatile demand and rapidly changing manufacturing technologies for
sustainable returns, as a solution, collaborative capacity sharing (CCS) among …

Capacity planning with technology replacement by stochastic dynamic programming

KJ Wang, PH Nguyen - European Journal of Operational Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Technology replacement is capital intensive and highly risky in fast-paced high-tech
industries along lumpy demand. This article proposes a solution to decision-making related …

A novel bi-vector encoding genetic algorithm for the simultaneous multiple resources scheduling problem

JZ Wu, XC Hao, CF Chien, M Gen - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2012 - Springer
To improve capital effectiveness in light of demand fluctuation, it is increasingly important for
high-tech companies to develop effective solutions for managing multiple resources …