Most important performance evaluation methods of production lines: A comprehensive review on historical perspective and emerging trends

MU Koyuncuoğlu - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Production is one of the most significant building blocks that strengthen the sustainable
economy of companies and thus contribute to the countries' welfare. Performance indicators …

[HTML][HTML] A Markovian model of asynchronous multi-stage manufacturing lines fabricating discrete parts

MC Magnanini, T Tolio - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Asynchronous serial manufacturing lines that fabricate discrete parts are traditionally used in
mass production, which represents a key sector in the global economy. Recent …

Graph neural network and multi-agent reinforcement learning for machine-process-system integrated control to optimize production yield

J Huang, J Su, Q Chang - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, an integrated control framework is proposed for the optimization of the
production yield by integrating different levels of a manufacturing system, including system …

Energy consumption control in the two-machine Bernoulli serial production line with setup and idleness

Z Pei, P Yang, Y Wang, CB Yan - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, the topic of sustainable manufacturing system design with energy saving
features has received increasing attention. For a typical production line setting, the …

A bottleneck detection-based tabu search algorithm for the buffer allocation problem in manufacturing systems

S Gao - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Buffer allocation is an important research issue in the design and optimization of
manufacturing systems. One objective of buffer allocation is to maximize the throughput …

Simultaneous machine selection and buffer allocation in large unbalanced series-parallel production lines

S Xi, JMG Smith, Q Chen, N Mao… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Simultaneous optimisation of machines and buffers in a large series-parallel production line
is an NP-hard problem. The formulated optimisation model in this study is used to minimise …

Performance analysis and optimisation of Bernoulli serial production lines with dynamic real-time bottleneck identification and mitigation

J Tu, L Zhang - International Journal of Production Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
With the rapid advances of Industry 4.0 technologies, developing rigorous, model-based
algorithms for production system performance metrics calculation, control, and optimization …

Multi-objective optimization of energy-efficient buffer allocation problem for non-homogeneous unreliable production lines

Y Alaouchiche, Y Ouazene, F Yalaoui - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current context of rising ecological awareness and high competitiveness, reveals a
strong necessity to integrate the sustainability paradigm into the design of production …

Recursive decomposition/aggregation algorithms for performance metrics calculation in multi-level assembly/disassembly production systems with exponential …

Y Bai, L Zhang - International Journal of Production Research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Developing accurate and computationally efficient algorithms for system performance
metrics calculation is critical to implementing effective control and optimization in …

Economic and energetic performance evaluation of unreliable production lines: An integrated analytical approach

Y Alaouchiche, Y Ouazene, F Yalaoui - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The current context is increasingly driving researchers and industry to focus not only on the
economic but also on the energetic performance of manufacturing systems. However …