Abstract Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) is an optimization algorithm developed by
Mirjalili and Lewis in 2016. An overview of WOA is described in this paper, rooted from the …

Metaheuristic algorithms based on intelligent rules have been successfully developed and
applied to solve many optimization areas over the past few decades. The sine–cosine …

Industries are incorporating robots into assembly lines due to their greater flexibility and
reduced costs. Most of the reported studies did not consider scheduling of tasks or the …

The main objective of the hospital facility layout problem is to place the polyclinics,
laboratories and radiology units within the predefined boundaries in such way that minimize …

In this paper, the recent applications and advances of Migrating Birds Optimization (MBO)
algorithm are reviewed. The MBO originated from the V flight shape of the migrating birds in …

The knapsack problem is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem for which it is
difficult to find a polynomial-time solution. Many researchers have used metaheuristic …

Land distribution is an important process in Land Consolidation (LC) projects where
agricultural parcels are reallocated to predetermined blocks. Land distribution is a process …

Modern assembly line systems utilize robotics to replace human resources to achieve higher
level of automation and flexibility. This work studies the task assignment and robot allocation …

Land reallocation, which is an optimization problem in the field of engineering, is the
process of reallocating parcels to pre-determined blocks according to the preferences of …

In recent decades, workshop scheduling has excessively focused on time-related indicators,
while ignoring environmental metrics. With the advent of sustainable manufacturing, the …