Line balancing belongs to a class of intensively studied combinatorial optimization problems
known to be NP-hard in general. For several decades, the core problem originally …

Gungor and Gupta [1999, Issues in environmentally conscious manufacturing and product
recovery: a survey. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 36 (4), 811–853] presented an …

The remanufacturing process, driven by human–robot collaboration technology, is becoming
an important carrier for the circular economy, contributing to economic development while …

The timely recovery and disassembly of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
can not only obtain a higher economic benefit but also can reduce the impact of hazardous …

The disassembly line balancing (DLB) problem assigns the set of tasks to each workstation
for each product to be disassembled and aims at attaining several objectives, such as …

To address the problem of considerable waste electromechanical product generation, a
partial disassembly line balancing problem with multi-robot workstations that can …

The rapid global growth in the production of electric vehicles (EVs) will produce numerous
waste power battery modules (WPBMs) in the future, which will create significant challenges …

Disassembly activities take place in various recovery operations including remanufacturing,
recycling and disposal. The disassembly line is the best choice for automated disassembly …

Disassembly is an essential step in a remanufacturing process via which valuable parts and
material of end-of-life (EOL) products can be well reused and resource waste is reduced …

Industry has grown to recognize the value of disassembly processes across a wide range of
products. Increasing legislation that may soon require mandatory recycling of many post …