The distributed blocking flowshop scheduling problem (DBFSP) that is an important generalization of the traditional blocking flowshop scheduling problem (BFSP), in which the blocking constraint has to be considered. The ...

Nowadays, the distributed assembly permutation flowshop problem (DAPFSP) has important applications in practice. In this paper, we propose a group iterated local search (gILS) algorithm to solve the problem with total ...

In this paper, we present a new heuristic to divide a batch of printed circuit boards (PCBs) into subgroups to save the setup time for loading and unloading components from the assembly machine. In the heuristic, we propose ...

Hospital facilities are known as functionally complex buildings. There are usually configurational problems that lead to inefficient transportation processes for patients, medical staff, and/or logistics of materials. The ...

In recent years, sustainable development and green manufacturing have attracted widespread attention to environmental problems becoming increasingly serious. Meanwhile, affected by the intensification of market competition ...