Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

2016 - 2026

Current editor(s): Hans Günther

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Volume 38, issue 1, 2026

Improved swarm-based metaheuristics for optimizing human–robot collaborative assembly lines with multi-type collaborative robots pp. 1-63

Chenyu Zheng, Zixiang Li, Mukund Janardhanan, Zikai Zhang and Liping Zhang

Constraint programming models for parallel robotic assembly line balancing problems considering energy-efficiency pp. 64-105

Beyza Kubilay, Hande Öztop and Zeynel Abidin Çil

An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation pp. 106-153

Yuqing Li, Linman Li, Ran Liu and Ershun Pan

Leveraging digital twin to enhance humanitarian logistics operations pp. 154-186

Cejun Cao, Mabel C. Chou, Fanshun Zhang, Wenwen Leng and Yufan He

A digital twin modeling method of production lines based on flexible manufacturing pp. 187-218

Shaohui Su, Linbei Jiang, Wei Wang, Wanqiang Wang, Changyong Chu and Jiangang Wang

A simulation-based digital twin for data-driven maintenance scheduling of risk-prone production lines via actor critics pp. 219-248

Abhijit Gosavi and Aparna Gosavi

Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration pp. 249-273

Paul Stief, Jean-Yves Dantan, Alain Etienne and Ali Siadat

Simulation of worker collaboration in production cell based on hybrid model under fluctuating environment pp. 274-297

Mingxuan Yang, Xuedong Gao and Junjiang Qiu

Stakeholder requirement-oriented prioritization method of quality characteristics based on probabilistic linguistic term set pp. 298-324

Wei Zhang, Jun Xie, Qi Zhu, Yanbin Du, Wanbing Liu and Jian Li

Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method pp. 325-358

Mengyuan Sun, Mingzhou Liu, Xi Zhang, Lin Ling, Maogen Ge, Conghu Liu and Zhangjie Rui

A dynamic flexible job shop scheduling method based on collaborative agent reinforcement learning pp. 359-391

Changshun Shao, Zhenglin Yu, Hongchang Ding, Guohua Cao, Kaifang Ding and Jingsong Duan

Realization-based robust assignments for a nurse-to-patient assignment problem in home health care services pp. 392-440

Giuliana Carello, Lucia Galperti and Ettore Lanzarone

Volume 37, issue 4, 2025

Artificial intelligence methodologies for advanced decision processes in healthcare organizations pp. 1057-1059

V. Augusto, G. Koole, E. Lanzarone, M. Sarazin and P. Wieser

Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles pp. 1060-1092

Julián Alberto Espejo-Díaz, Edgar Alfonso-Lizarazo and Jairo R. Montoya-Torres

Predicting donations and profiling donors in a blood collection center: a Bayesian approach pp. 1093-1116

Ilenia Epifani, Ettore Lanzarone and Alessandra Guglielmi

A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations pp. 1117-1147

Tiziano Bacci, Ettore Lanzarone, Sara Mattia and Paolo Ventura

Multi-objective stochastic scheduling of inpatient and outpatient surgeries pp. 1148-1202

Ambrogio Maria Bernardelli, Lorenzo Bonasera, Davide Duma and Eleonora Vercesi

The research landscape of industry 5.0: a scientific mapping based on bibliometric and topic modeling techniques pp. 1203-1250

Abderahman Rejeb, Karim Rejeb, Imen Zrelli, Yasanur Kayikci and Abdo Hassoun

A two-stage solution approach for scheduling flexible manufacturing systems with multi-fixturing pallets pp. 1251-1275

Dong-Gi Sim and Dong-Ho Lee

Multi-objective personnel scheduling problem with multiple qualification and client’s satisfaction: real case pp. 1276-1334

Bassem Chaker, Mohamed Haykal Ammar and Diala Dhouib

Exploring the adoption and long-term effects of ChatGPT in a sustainable supply chain pp. 1335-1371

Pardis Roozkhosh, Alireza Pooya, Azam Modares and Vahideh Bafandegan Emroozi

Cut the scrap? the impact of truck age on driver retention, driving safety, and driving productivity pp. 1372-1407

Jelle de Vries and Debjit Roy

Scheduling single-arm multi-cluster tools connected by one-space buffer modules beyond the schedulability assumption pp. 1408-1432

Xin Li and Xiaohu Qian

Volume 37, issue 3, 2025

Benchmark for multi-agent pickup and delivery problem in a robotic mobile fulfillment system pp. 697-729

Yangjun Sun and Ning Zhao

A deep Q network algorithm for a car resequencing problem in automobile factories pp. 730-749

Weiya Zhong, Yechen Yang, Dedi Ye and Ningna Bi

Machine as a smart service: a hybrid knowledge graph approach pp. 750-775

Huanrong Ren, Pingyu Jiang and Qingzong Li

Outsourcing and authorized remanufacturing under voluntary emission reduction mechanism pp. 776-815

Jian Cao and Qin Shao

Introducing reconfigurable manufacturing systems to agriculture pp. 816-868

Yongbing Feng, Guohua Gao, Pengyu Wang, Zihua Zhang and Kai Liu

Integrated planning approach for fleet sizing and fleet management of freight railcars pp. 869-903

Martin Hrušovský, Vera Hemmelmayr, Georg Schett, Alexandra Birkmaier and Sebastian Schlund

Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon pp. 904-942

Hamideh Bahrami and Saeed Yaghoubi

The impacts of stockout cost on a stochastic production-inventory system in minimizing total cost conditional value-at-risk pp. 943-978

Bingfeng Bai, Bo Li and Xingzhi Jia

Reimbursement policy considering patient revisits from online to offline in a public healthcare system pp. 979-1012

Na Li, Wenxiao Chen and Yuan Cao

Quantitative assessment of the profitability of next shoring strategy in global supply chains pp. 1013-1056

Clarissa Amico, Mattia Brambilla and Roberto Cigolini

Volume 37, issue 2, 2025

Special issue: manufacturing modelling, management, and control pp. 321-323

Alexandre Dolgui, Dmitry Ivanov and David Lemoine

A first optimization approach to parameterize demand-driven MRP in the presence of multiple products and finite capacity pp. 324-347

David Damand, Youssef Lahrichi and Marc Barth

Aircraft final assembly line scheduling with user preferences and equity of work distribution pp. 348-366

D. Lovato, R. Guillaume, C. Thierry and O. Battaïa

Use of AI in assembly line design and worker and equipment management: review and future directions pp. 367-408

Milad Elyasi, Simon Thevenin and Audrey Cerqueus

On the value of booking data for upsell decision-making in revenue management pp. 409-442

Davina Rauhaus, Jochen Gönsch and Claudius Steinhardt

Extending ConWIP by flexible capacity and WIP-Cap adjustment for a make-to-order multi-item multi-stage production system pp. 443-472

Balwin Bokor and Klaus Altendorfer

Berth and yard scheduling optimization for a port with diagonal yard layout pp. 473-512

Haolin Li, Jiajing Gao, Lu Zhen and Xueting He

ADP- and rollout-based dynamic vehicle routing for pick-up service via budgeting capacity pp. 513-557

Yu Wu, Bo Zeng and Ming Jian

Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns pp. 558-598

David Winkelmann, Frederik Tolkmitt, Matthias Ulrich and Michael Römer

On a bi-objective distributed permutation flow shop problem with batch processing machines pp. 599-631

Oualid Elissaouy and Karam Allali

Considering environmental impacts in flexible assembly job shop scheduling: non-dominated sorting memetic algorithm pp. 632-673

M. Hajibabaei and J. Behnamian

Simulation-based approach to analyze modular intralogistic systems in the chemical industry pp. 674-695

Maik Pannok and Stefan Lier

Volume 37, issue 1, 2025

Material flow control in make-to-stock production systems: an assessment of order generation, order release and production authorization by simulation pp. 1-37

Matthias Thürer, Nuno O. Fernandes, Hermann Lödding and Mark Stevenson

In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport pp. 1-28

Alexandros Pasparakis, Jelle de Vries, René de Koster and Debjit Roy

Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel robotic assembly lines considering energy consumption pp. 38-66

Halenur Soysal-Kurt, Selçuk Kürşat İşleyen and Hadi Gökçen

A material handling system modeling framework: a data-driven approach for the generation of discrete-event simulation models pp. 67-96

Zakarya Soufi, Slaheddine Mestiri, Pierre David, Zakaria Yahouni and Johannes Fottner

Energy-oriented crane scheduling in a steel coil storage pp. 97-124

Christian Weckenborg, Patrick Oetjegerdes and Thomas S. Spengler

Design and calibration of a DRL algorithm for solving the job shop scheduling problem under unexpected job arrivals pp. 125-156

Nour El Houda Hammami, Benoit Lardeux, Atidel B. Hadj-Alouane and Maher Jridi

Smart scheduling of hanging workshop via digital twin and deep reinforcement learning pp. 157-178

Jianguo Pan, Ruirui Zhong, Bingtao Hu, Yixiong Feng, Zhifeng Zhang and Jianrong Tan

A restless bandit approach for capacitated condition based maintenance scheduling pp. 179-207

Ece Zeliha Demirci, Joachim Arts and Geert-Jan van Houtum

Central intake optimization and decentralized decomposition for appointment scheduling and sequencing pp. 208-253

Pardis Seyedi, Michael W. Carter and Kourosh Eshghi

Combinatorial optimization methods for yarn dyeing planning pp. 282-319

Ege Duran, Cemalettin Ozturk and M. Arslan Ornek