Reinforcement learning for sustainability enhancement of production lines

A Loffredo, MC May, A Matta, G Lanza - Journal of Intelligent …, 2023 - Springer
The importance of sustainability in industry is dramatically rising in recent years. Controlling
machine states to achieve the best trade-off between production rate and energy demand is …

Energy-efficient production control of a make-to-stock system with buffer-and time-based policies

B Tan, O Karabağ, S Khayyati - International Journal of Production …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Increasing energy efficiency in manufacturing has significant environmental and cost
benefits. Turning on or off a machine dynamically while considering the production rate …

Energy-efficient control in multi-stage production lines with parallel machine workstations and production constraints

A Loffredo, N Frigerio, E Lanzarone, A Matta - IISE Transactions, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays, the growing interest in industry for enhancing manufacturing processes
sustainability is a major trend. One of the most supported strategies to increase the energy …

[HTML][HTML] Production and energy mode control of a production-inventory system

B Tan, O Karabağ, S Khayyati - European Journal of Operational Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy efficiency in manufacturing can be improved by controlling energy modes and
production dynamically. We examine a production-inventory system that can operate in …

Reinforcement learning for energy-efficient control of parallel and identical machines

A Loffredo, MC May, L Schäfer, A Matta… - CIRP Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the growing interest in industry for enhancing the sustainability of manufacturing
processes is becoming a major trend. Energy consumption can be lowered by controlling …

Problem Formulation and Solution Methodology of Energy Consumption Optimization for Two-Machine Geometric Serial Lines

CB Yan, L Liu - IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Manufacturing systems consume a tremendous amount of energy and contribute about a
quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve the sustainable production, it is vital to …

Energy-efficient on/off control in serial production lines with Bernoulli machines

X Wang, Y Dai, Z Jia - Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 2024 - Springer
Achieving energy-efficient production has always been a critical issue for the manufacturing
industry. In many production systems, the waste of energy mainly results from unbalanced …

Energy-efficient control of parallel and identical machines: Impact on the overall production system

A Loffredo, N Frigerio, E Lanzarone, M Ghassempouri… - Procedia CIRP, 2022 - Elsevier
Nowadays, manufacturing industries are increasing their interest in the energy-efficiency
topic, mostly due to the major environmental impact of machining activities. Manufacturing …

[HTML][HTML] Energy efficiency improvement of industrial parts washers using state control

A Loffredo, N Frigerio, A Matta - Manufacturing Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the energy efficiency topic drastically increased its relevance in
manufacturing industry management. One of the most supported strategies to reduce the …

Pareto front analysis of buffer-based energy efficient control for machines in serial flow lines

N Frigerio, A Matta, Z Lin - 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine energy state can be controlled to improve sustainability of production systems by
reducing the energy demanded during idle periods. Indeed, machines can be switched off to …