The nonferrous metallurgical (NFM) industry is a cornerstone industry for a nation's
economy. With the development of artificial technologies and high requirements on …

Duplex brass has been widely used in industrial applications due to their excellent
properties such as corrosion resistance and strength. In this investigation, α-β brass was …

The blending problem is one of the oldest and well-known optimization problems. It is
generally formulated as a linear program and has been applied in many industries …

In a skyscraper construction, a great number of workers and materials must be vertically
transported to the proper positions depending on their roles. Particularly, the optimal vertical …

This research is about developing a decision support system (DSS) for the distribution of
grapes and grape must in a Chilean cooperative, Cooperativa Agrícola Pisquera Elqui …

Information is a company's key factor for optimal activity efficiency. Gathering and processing
data for decision making provides optimal solutions in production, quality control …

This article discusses a possibilistic aggregate production planning (APP) model for
blending problem in a brass factory; the problem computing optimal amounts of raw …

The mode of production in the modern manufacturing enterprise mainly prefers to MTO
(Make‐to‐Order); how to reasonably arrange the production plan has become a very …

A critical process in brass casting is blending of the raw materials in a furnace so that the
specified metal ratios are satisfied. The uncertainties in raw material compositions may …

Non-ferrous metal producers usually face a high number of planning alternatives due to the
high complexity of the planning and production processes in global multi-plant networks. So …