The recent advancement of digitalization and information and communication technology
(ICT) has not only shifted the manufacturing paradigm towards the Fourth Industrial …

The rapid growth of the world population has increased the food demand as well as the
need for assurance of food quality, safety, and sustainability. However, food security can …

Globally, governments are contributing to the four main concerns of this century, namely,
boosting urban air quality, halting climate change, ensuring energy security and mitigating …

The development of the e-commerce market worldwide, which was already dynamic, was
accelerated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Millions of incoming orders required analogue …

The architecture, engineering, construction, and operation (AECO) industry is evolving
rapidly. In particular, technological advancements and lessons learned from the COVID-19 …

Digitalization, the spread of artificial intelligence solutions and robotization pave the way for
new industry trends that shape the framework of a new industrial era. This era brings both …

In this survey paper, we focus on smart interactive technologies and providing a picture of
the current state of the art, exploring the way new discoveries and recent technologies …

Background Industrial revolutions play a major role in the development of technologies in
various fields. Currently, the world is marching towards softwarization and digitalization …

The negative externalities of freight transport have caught the attention of scholars and
practitioners to study sustainable freight transportation. Past studies have reviewed …

Remanufacturing is the process to restore the functionality of high-value end-of-life (EOL)
products, which is considered a substantial link in reverse logistics systems for value …