Review of manufacturing system design in the interplay of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 (Part I): Design thinking and modeling methods

J Leng, J Guo, J Xie, X Zhou, A Liu, X Gu… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2024 - Elsevier
The concurrent societal goals and environmental challenges force industries to become
more human-centric, sustainable, and resilient, which is envisioned as a value-oriented …

Energy-time tradeoffs for remanufacturing system scheduling using an invasive weed optimization algorithm

W Wang, G Tian, G Yuan, DT Pham - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2023 - Springer
This article studies the scheduling problem for a remanufacturing system with parallel
disassembly workstations, parallel flow-shop-type reprocessing lines and parallel …

Optimisation of buffer allocations in manufacturing systems: a study on intra and outbound logistics systems using finite queueing networks

M Amjath, L Kerbache, JMG Smith, A Elomri - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optimal buffer allocations can significantly improve system throughput by managing
variability and disruptions in manufacturing or service operations. Organisations can …

Constraint-based robust planning and scheduling of airport apron operations through simheuristics

YS Gök, S Padrón, M Tomasella, D Guimarans… - Annals of Operations …, 2023 - Springer
Scheduling aircraft turnarounds at airports requires the coordination of several
organizations, including the airport operator, airlines, and ground service providers. The …

Generation and tuning of discrete event simulation models for manufacturing applications

G Lugaresi, A Matta - 2020 winter simulation conference (wsc), 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to successfully develop and apply cyber-physical systems in manufacturing it is
fundamental to ensure the availability of up-to-date digital models. Production systems are …

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 …

Robust optimization of manufacturing systems flexibility

MC Magnanini, W Terkaj, T Tolio - Procedia CIRP, 2021 - Elsevier
Mass customization requires frequent product changeovers thus leading to the need of
manufacturing systems endowed with flexibility and reconfiguration capabilities, in order to …

Performance analysis and optimisation of stochastic flow lines with limited material supply

J Mindlina, H Tempelmeier - International Journal of Production …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
We consider stochastic flow lines with limited buffer sizes and limited material supply. In
these systems, the configuration of the flow line parameters and the configuration of the …

The time buffer approximated Buffer Allocation Problem: A row–column generation approach

A Alfieri, A Matta, E Pastore - Computers & Operations Research, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the main problems in production systems is the buffer sizing. Choosing the right
buffer size, at each production stage, that allows to achieve some performance measure …

A cyber-physical context-aware system for coordinating human-robot collaboration

N Nikolakis, K Sipsas, S Makris - Procedia CIRP, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper discusses a software system for supervising the operation of a robotic station
where humans coexist and collaborate for completing their assembly operations. To achieve …