Manufacturing industries are currently experiencing the fourth industrial revolution with the
rapid advancements in immersive technologies for human–machine interaction (HMI) and …

With the rapid development of space technology and the increasing demand for space
missions, the traditional spacecraft manufacturing, deployment and launch methods have …

Industrial products' reuse, recovery, and recycling are very important because of their
environmental and economic benefits. Effective product disassembly planning methods can …

Green logistics (GL) is gaining increasing attention among academic researchers and
industrial practitioners, due to the escalating deterioration of the environment. Various green …

Assembly optimisation activities occur across development and production stages of
manufacturing goods. Assembly Sequence Planning (ASP) and Assembly Line Balancing …

Sequence of feasible mechanical assembly operations plays significant role in overall cost
optimisation process for manufacturing industry and thus great importance is given to …

Portfolio optimization with cardinality constraints turns out to be a mixed-integer quadratic
programming problem which is proven to be NP-Complete that limits the efficiency of exact …

The construction of large structures is one of the main development trends of the space
exploration in the future, such as large space stations, large space solar power stations, and …

A systematic overview on the subject of assembly sequencing is presented. Sequencing lies
at the core of assembly planning, and variants include finding a feasible sequence …

The implementation of artificial intelligence techniques is increasing rapidly in recent years
to solve numerous engineering problems. Assembly sequence planning is one of the …