Metaheuristics are an impressive area of research with extremely important improvements in
the solution of intractable optimization problems. Major advances have been made since the …

Aggregate production planning (APP) is the process of determining production, inventory,
and labor levels to meet demand requirements over a planning window up to 1 year. As an …

In today's competitive environment, it is essential to design a flexible-responsive
manufacturing system with automatic material handling systems. In this article, a fuzzy mixed …

Cross-docking practice plays an important role in improving the efficiency of distribution
networks, especially, for optimizing supply chain operations. Moreover, transportation route …

Wind and solar energy are paid more attention as clean and renewable resources.
However, due to the intermittence and fluctuation of renewable energy, the problem of …

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is known as one of the most crucial activities in
municipalities that requires large amounts of fixed/variable and investment costs. The …

This research specifically addresses the prediction of dairy product demand (DPD). Since
dairy products have a short consumption period, it is important to have accurate information …

Goal programming (GP) is one of the widely used and effective method of solving real-world
multi-objective decision-making problems. The term “multi-objective transportation …

The most important strategic issue for several industries is where to find facilities so as to
discover a transportation path for optimizing the objectives at the same time. This paper …

We are observing more often extreme climate incidents because of global warming. There is
a dire requirement for governments, enterprises, the overall population, and academics to …