Production scheduling has great significance for optimizing tasks distribution, reducing
energy consumption and mitigating environmental degradation. Currently, the research of …

Abstract The discussion paper “I4. 0 language: vocabulary, message structure and semantic
interaction protocols of the I4. 0 language”, published by the working group “Semantics and …

Small-scale manufacturing often relies on flexible production systems that can cope with
frequent changes of products and equipment. Transports are a significant part of the …

Production systems have to meet quality requirements despite increasing product
individuality, varying batch sizes and a scarcity of resources. The transfer of experience …

Intelligent transportation equipment represented by Artificial Intelligence Robot of
Transportation (ART) has been gradually applied to automated container terminals (ACT) …

Many intelligent distributed production control architectures have been developed for cyber-
physical production systems (CPPSs), but the difficulty in predicting performance has …

In real-time production planning, there are exceptional events that can cause problems and
deviations in the production schedule. These circumstances can be solved with real-time …

The present paper deals with the application of discrete-event simulation (DES) to develop
simulation model for dynamic job-shop manufacturing system (DJMS). In the present time …

Production systems have to meet quality requirements despite increasing product
individuality, varying batch sizes and a scarcity of resources. The transfer of experience …

This paper studies the influence of available information and coordination in distributed
control systems for Industry 4.0. A purely decentralized and a hybrid heuristic are deployed …