Nowadays, one important challenge in cyber-physical production systems is updating
dynamic production schedules through an automated decision-making performed while the …

Steel-making and continuous casting (SCC) processes are considered the main bottlenecks
in the steel industry. We consider planning and scheduling problems in SCC processes and …

Abstract Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) are pervasive groups of technologies expected
to enable innovation. They have been promoted as technologies with tremendous potential …

Hybrid flowshop scheduling problem is a hot research topic, and is widely applied for
production shop or line in chemical industry, metallurgical industry, semiconductor …

Realistic production systems usually encounter various of unexpected disruptions, which
may invalidate the original schedules, and thus rescheduling becomes essential. This paper …

With the increasing energy price and the urgent demand of manufacturing enterprises for
energy conservation, energy-efficient scheduling (EES) technology has been widely …

Lot streaming is the most widely used technique to facilitate the overlap of successive
operations. Considering the consistent sublots and machine breakdown, this study …

Traditional heavy industries that are energy-intensive have much potential for energy saving
and carbon emission reduction. Focusing on the production scheduling of steelmaking …

This paper studies a new realistic hybrid flow shop (HFS) scheduling problem with stage
skipping and adjustable processing time in steelmaking-continuous casting (SCC) …

Against the realistic background of excess production capacity, product structure imbalance,
and high material and energy consumption in steel enterprises, the implementation of …