Special issue: Advanced evolutionary computational techniques for design, manufacturing, logistics and supply chain problems

International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications 4(1/2) 2008

• Simulating the generic job shop as a multi-agent system
• Hybrid heuristic algorithms for single machine total weighted tardiness scheduling problems
• Mining manufacturing data using genetic algorithm-based feature set decomposition
• Minimum-zone form tolerance evaluation using particle swarm optimisation
• A modified tabu search strategy for multiple-response grinding process optimisation
• Allocation of work to the stations of an assembly line with buffers between stations and three general learning patterns
• Hybrid Karhunen-Loeve/neural modelling for a class of distributed parameter systems
• Techno-economic analysis of hybrid layered manufacturing
• A new solution of solidification problems in continuous casting based on meshless method
• Optimal layout and work allocation in batch assembly under learning effect