Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

2016 - 2025

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Volume 35, issue 4, 2023

Human-Robot collaboration in the next generation manufacturing and logistics system pp. 975-978

S. G. Ponnambalam, Qing (Cindy) Chang, Ray Y. Zhong, Ibrahim Kucukkoc and Mukund Nilakantan Janardhanan

Integrated task sequence planning and assignment for human–robot collaborative assembly station pp. 979-1006

Yichen Wang, Junfeng Wang, Jindan Feng, Jinshan Liu and Xiaojun Liu

Decision modeling of the challenges to human–robot collaboration in industrial environment: a real world example of an emerging economy pp. 1007-1037

Koppiahraj Karuppiah, Bathrinath Sankaranarayanan, Syed Mithun Ali and R. K. A. Bhalaji

Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system pp. 1038-1075

Giorgi Tadumadze, Julia Wenzel, Simon Emde, Felix Weidinger and Ralf Elbert

Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing pp. 1076-1115

Muhammet Ceyhan Şahin and Mustafa Kemal Tural

A digital twin-driven flexible scheduling method in a human–machine collaborative workshop based on hierarchical reinforcement learning pp. 1116-1138

Rong Zhang, Jianhao Lv, Jinsong Bao and Yu Zheng

Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process pp. 1139-1174

Kunkun Peng, Xudong Deng, Chunjiang Zhang, Weiming Shen, Yanan Song, Jianhui Mou and Ao Liu

Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm pp. 1175-1205

Kai Meng, Qiuhua Tang and Zikai Zhang

Sequencing and routing in a large warehouse with high degree of product rotation pp. 1206-1255

Giacomo Lanza, Mauro Passacantando and Maria Grazia Scutellà

A two-step evolutionary algorithm for the distributor’s pallet loading problem with multi-size pallets pp. 1256-1275

Anan Mungwattana, Thanakrit Piyachayawat and Gerrit K. Janssens

Formulations and exact solution approaches for a coupled bin-packing and lot-sizing problem with sequence-dependent setups pp. 1276-1312

Gislaine Mara Melega, Silvio Alexandre de Araujo, Raf Jans and Reinaldo Morabito

A heuristic for the critical chain scheduling problem based on left shifts of activities pp. 1313-1336

Wuliang Peng and Xuejun Lin

Obituary for Professor Carlo Meloni (1970–2023) pp. 1337-1338

Alessandro Agnetis

Volume 35, issue 3, 2023

Storage prioritization by redistributing wafer lot transfers to enhance real-world fab throughput pp. 599-625

Haejoong Kim, Jeehyuk Park and Jongsung Lee

A multi-objective mathematical model and evolutionary algorithm for the dual-resource flexible job-shop scheduling problem with sequencing flexibility pp. 626-668

Alejandro Vital-Soto, Mohammed Fazle Baki and Ahmed Azab

Improving coordination in assembly job shops: redesigning order release and dispatching pp. 669-697

Jianjun Liu, Martin J. Land, Jos A. C. Bokhorst and Qingxin Chen

DSS approach for sustainable system design of shuttle-based storage and retrieval systems pp. 698-726

Yanyan Wang, Jinning Qin, Shandong Mou, Ke Huang and Xiaofeng Zhao

Concurrent scheduling of jobs and AGVs in a flexible job shop system: a parallel hybrid PSO-GA meta-heuristic pp. 727-753

Arash Amirteimoori and Reza Kia

The shunting scheduling of EMU first-level maintenance in a stub-end depot pp. 754-796

Ming He, Qiuhua Tang, Jatinder N. D. Gupta, Di Yin and Zikai Zhang

Computationally efficient approximate dynamic programming for multi-site production capacity planning with uncertain demands pp. 797-837

Chen-Yang Cheng, Pourya Pourhejazy and Tzu-Li Chen

Overflow in systems with two servers: the negative consequences pp. 838-863

Yanting Chen, Jingui Xie and Taozeng Zhu

A real options approach to value manufacturing flexibilities with regime-switching product demand pp. 864-895

M. I. M. Wahab, C. -G. Lee and P. Sarkar

Sustainable partial backordering inventory model under linked-to-order credit policy and all-units discount with capacity constraint and carbon emissions pp. 896-944

Chandan Mahato and Gour Chandra Mahata

Determining the pricing strategy for different preference structures for the earth observation satellite scheduling problem through simulation and VIKOR pp. 945-973

Alex Elkjær Vasegaard, Ilkyeong Moon, Peter Nielsen and Subrata Saha

Volume 35, issue 2, 2023

Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience pp. 295-319

Junxuan Li and Chelsea C. White

Flexible scheduling of diagnostic tests in automotive manufacturing pp. 320-342

Simone König, Maximilian Reihn, Felipe Gelinski Abujamra, Alexander Novy and Birgit Vogel-Heuser

Optimal product service system configuration considering pairing utility and uncertain customer behavior pp. 343-375

Yilun Zhang, Jianghang Chen and Zhibin Jiang

Solving the picker routing problem in multi-block high-level storage systems using metaheuristics pp. 376-415

Jose Alejandro Cano, Pablo Cortés, Jesús Muñuzuri and Alexander Correa-Espinal

Performance analysis of a drop-swap terminal to mitigate truck congestion at chemical sites pp. 416-454

Budhi S. Wibowo and Jan C. Fransoo

A prediction model of patient satisfaction: policy evaluation and sensitivity analysis pp. 455-486

Zi Yang Wang, Jie Song and Xing Lin Feng

Balancing earliness and tardiness within workload control order release: an assessment by simulation pp. 487-508

Stefan Haeussler, Philipp Neuner and Matthias Thürer

Order and rack sequencing in a robotic mobile fulfillment system with multiple picking stations pp. 509-547

Bingqian Wang, Xiuqing Yang and Mingyao Qi

A Monte-Carlo tree search algorithm for the flexible job-shop scheduling in manufacturing systems pp. 548-571

M. Saqlain, S. Ali and J. Y. Lee

Fluid models for customer service web chat systems with interactive automated service pp. 572-598

Miao Yu, Yu Zhao, Chunguang Chang and Liangliang Sun

Volume 35, issue 1, 2023

Data-driven optimization and analytics for maritime logistics pp. 1-4

Kjetil Fagerholt, Leonard Heilig, Eduardo Lalla-Ruiz, Frank Meisel and Shuaian Wang

Deep learning models for vessel’s ETA prediction: bulk ports perspective pp. 5-28

Sara El Mekkaoui, Loubna Benabbou and Abdelaziz Berrado

Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction pp. 29-69

Lorenz Kolley, Nicolas Rückert, Marvin Kastner, Carlos Jahn and Kathrin Fischer

Berth planning and real-time disruption recovery: a simulation study for a tidal port pp. 70-110

Jaap-Jan Steeg, Menno Oudshoorn and Neil Yorke-Smith

Optimizing production levels in maritime inventory routing with load-dependent speed optimization pp. 111-141

Abdalrahman Algendi, Sebastián Urrutia and Lars Magnus Hvattum

Tiered prediction models for port vessel emissions inventories pp. 142-169

Philip Cammin, Jingjing Yu and Stefan Voß

Data-driven dynamic stacking strategy for export containers in container terminals pp. 170-195

Hyun Ji Park, Sung Won Cho, Abhilasha Nanda and Jin Hyoung Park

Design of empty container depot layouts using data and analytics pp. 196-240

Erhan Karakaya, Alice E. Smith, Rosa G. González Ramírez and Jimena Pascual

A bi-objective multi-population biased random key genetic algorithm for joint scheduling quay cranes and speed adjustable vehicles in container terminals pp. 241-268

Dalila B. M. M. Fontes and S. Mahdi Homayouni

Maritime inventory routing with transshipment: the case of Yamal LNG pp. 269-294

Mingyu Li, Kjetil Fagerholt and Peter Schütz

Volume 34, issue 4, 2022

Analytics and Optimization in Healthcare Management pp. 821-823

Vincent Augusto, Nadia Lahrichi, Ettore Lanzarone, Taesik Lee and Jie Song

Flexible master surgery scheduling: combining optimization and simulation in a rolling horizon approach pp. 824-858

Mariana Oliveira, Filippo Visintin, Daniel Santos and Inês Marques

Dynamic planning with reusable healthcare resources: application to appointment scheduling pp. 859-878

Jingtong Zhao and Hanqi Wen

Physician scheduling for outpatient department with nonhomogeneous patient arrival and priority queue pp. 879-915

Na Li, Xiaorui Li and Paul Forero

The emergency department physician rostering problem: obtaining equitable solutions via network optimization pp. 916-959

Paola Cappanera, Filippo Visintin and Roberta Rossi

Capacity management of CT department with service time differences and emergency nonpreemptive priority pp. 960-978

Jie Zhou and Peng Guo

Determining the optimal piecewise constant approximation for the nonhomogeneous Poisson process rate of Emergency Department patient arrivals pp. 979-1012

Alberto De Santis, Tommaso Giovannelli, Stefano Lucidi, Mauro Messedaglia and Massimo Roma

Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty pp. 1013-1039

Dominic J. Breuer, Khedidja Seridi, Nadia Lahrichi, Mohit Shukla and James C. Benneyan

Choice-driven location-allocation model for healthcare facility location problem pp. 1040-1065

Kyosang Hwang, Tooba Binte Asif and Taesik Lee

Sparse flexible design: a machine learning approach pp. 1066-1116

Timothy C. Y. Chan, Daniel Letourneau and Benjamin G. Potter

Correction to: Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty pp. 1117-1117

Dominic J. Breuer, Khedidja Seridi, Nadia Lahrichi, Mohit Shukla and James C. Benneyan

Volume 34, issue 3, 2022

Robust container slot allocation with uncertain demand for liner shipping services pp. 551-579

Hui Zhao, Qiang Meng and Yadong Wang

A performance model for mobile robot-based part feeding systems to supermarkets pp. 580-613

Emilio Moretti, Elena Tappia, Martina Mauri and Marco Melacini

The integrated orderline batching, batch scheduling, and picker routing problem with multiple pickers: the benefits of splitting customer orders pp. 614-645

Mustapha Haouassi, Yannick Kergosien, Jorge E. Mendoza and Louis-Martin Rousseau

Ramping up a heuristic procedure for storage location assignment problem with precedence constraints pp. 646-669

Maria A. M. Trindade, Paulo S. A. Sousa and Maria R. A. Moreira

Mathematical models for mobile network member’s coordination through coverage development-based contract pp. 670-708

Atieh Fander and Saeed Yaghoubi

AI for in-line vehicle sequence controlling: development and evaluation of an adaptive machine learning artifact to predict sequence deviations in a mixed-model production line pp. 709-747

Maximilian Stauder and Niklas Kühl

Self-adaptive memetic algorithms for multi-objective single machine learning-effect scheduling problems with release times pp. 748-784

Derya Deliktaş

Efficient heuristics to minimize the total tardiness of chemotherapy drug production and delivery pp. 785-820

Alexis Robbes, Yannick Kergosien, Virginie André and Jean-Charles Billaut

Volume 34, issue 2, 2022

Modeling and data analytics in manufacturing and supply chain operations pp. 235-237

Weiwei Chen, Siyang Gao, Michael Pinedo and Lixin Tang

A data-driven multi-fidelity simulation optimization for medical staff configuration at an emergency department in Hong Kong pp. 238-262

Hainan Guo, Haobin Gu, Yu Zhou and Jiaxuan Peng

Information sharing in decentralised supply chains with partial collaboration pp. 263-292

Roberto Dominguez, Salvatore Cannella, Borja Ponte and Jose M. Framinan

Robust scheduling and dispatching rules for high-mix collaborative manufacturing systems pp. 293-316

Andrea Maria Zanchettin

Leasing or selling? The channel choice of durable goods manufacturer considering consumers’ capital constraint pp. 317-350

Jian Li, Huan Wang, Zhiwen Deng, Wen Zhang and Guoqing Zhang

Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines pp. 351-407

Thorben Krueger, Achim Koberstein and Norbert Bittner

Performance optimization of supply chain based on cooperative contract with disappointment-aversion strategic consumers pp. 408-428

Ji Quan, Xiaofeng Wang, Xianjia Wang, Xia De and Jian-Bo Yang

Integrated production and maintenance planning under uncertain demand with concurrent learning of yield rate pp. 429-450

Huidong Zhang and Dragan Djurdjanovic

Integrated optimization on production scheduling and imperfect preventive maintenance considering multi-degradation and learning-forgetting effects pp. 451-482

Xiufang Zhang, Tangbin Xia, Ershun Pan and Yuqing Li

Anticipatory approach for dynamic and stochastic shipment matching in hinterland synchromodal transportation pp. 483-517

Wenjing Guo, Bilge Atasoy, Wouter Beelaerts Blokland and Rudy R. Negenborn

A new method for a class of parallel batch machine scheduling problem pp. 518-550

Wei Jiang, Yilan Shen, Lingxuan Liu, Xiancong Zhao and Leyuan Shi

Volume 34, issue 1, 2022

Addressing consistency and demand uncertainty in the Home Care planning problem pp. 1-39

Paola Cappanera and Maria Grazia Scutellà

A dynamic prioritization policy for the callback option in a call center pp. 40-64

Barış Balcıog̃lu and Odysseas Kanavetas

Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility in a closed-loop supply chain under government subsidy and used products collection strategies pp. 65-100

Chirantan Mondal, Bibhas C. Giri and Sanjib Biswas

Cost optimization in the $$(S-1, S)$$ ( S - 1, S ) backorder inventory model with two demand classes and rationing pp. 101-124

Oguzhan Vicil

Optimal pricing with free gift cards in a two-product supply chain pp. 125-155

Yuefeng Li, Jingming Pan and Jing Zhou

Integrating preventive maintenance to two-stage assembly flow shop scheduling: MILP model, constructive heuristics and meta-heuristics pp. 156-203

Zikai Zhang and Qiuhua Tang

Condition-based maintenance strategy optimization of meta-action unit considering imperfect preventive maintenance based on Wiener process pp. 204-233

Xinlong Li, Yan Ran, Fangming Wan, Hui Yu, Genbao Zhang and Yan He