Today, VLSI technology has taken a fundamental role in developing most of the high-tech
electronic circuits. Even though VLSI design is renowned for its smaller size, lower cost …

This paper models and solves the scheduling problem of cable manufacturing industries that
minimizes the total production cost, including processing, setup, and storing costs. Two …

Existence of different models of equipment of the tasks of an assembly line has two major
direct effects on the task operational times, and the equipment purchasing cost. This issue is …

Network on chip (NoC) is a promising communication infrastructure for multiple cores on a
chip to exchange data efficiently. In such NoC architecture, application mapping is a process …

In this study, for the first time, the classical single row facility layout problem is extended to its
dynamic type by considering several planning periods. This new problem consists of two …

In this paper, a new U-shaped assembly line balancing problem is studied. For the first time,
the criteria such as equipment cost, number of stations and activity performing quality level …

In the lack of historical data for an uncertain event, the belief degree-based uncertainty
becomes more applicable than other types of uncertainty like fuzzy theory, stochastic …

In the literature, there are various types of assembly line balancing problems. Consequently,
different types of solution approaches such as exact, heuristic, and metaheuristics have …

A novel optimization problem of carton box manufacturing industries is introduced in this
paper. A mixed integer linear formulation with multiple objective functions is developed in …

This paper introduces a mathematical model for fixed-charge solid transportation problem
for a two-stage supply chain network, considering simultaneously both variable and fixed …