Today, intelligent optimization has become a science that few researchers have not used in
dealing with problems in their field. Diversity and flexibility have made the use, efficiency …

Smart products not only provide novel functionalities, but also may establish new business
models, markets, or distribution channels, strengthen relationships with consumers, and/or …

The recent advancements in science, engineering, and technology have facilitated huge
generation of datasets. These huge datasets contain noisy, redundant, and irrelevant …

This paper investigates a practical variant of the vehicle routing problem (VRP), called VRP
with simultaneous delivery and pickup and time windows (VRPSDPTW), in the logistics …

After more than 10 years from the first edition of this book, the need for multi-objective
optimization models in freight logistics is still growing. Companies engineer always more …

Demand-Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) is a recent inventory
management method that has generated considerable interest in both academia and …

Despite its recent appearance, manta ray foraging optimizer (MRFO) has shown a good
ability to deal with single-objective real-world problems, which makes its application in …

Welding, an irreplaceable process in the modern manufacturing industry, consumes
enormous amounts of energy. The schedule in a welding shop greatly impacts both its …

Feature selection plays a pivotal role in machine learning, serving as a critical
preprocessing step. Its impact extends beyond enhancing the classification capabilities of …

This paper considers a Multiple Objective variant of the Critical Disruption Path problem to
extend its suitability in a range of security operations relying on path-based network …