Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data analytics technologies are slowly changing the traditional ways of handling industrial engineering applications and problems. Examples of AI-empowered engineering applications include autonomous vehicle/robots, smart building/city design, the Internet of Things (IoT), smart facility management, smart building maintenance, etc., where AI and ML techniques are involved in difference stages of various engineering applications.

Although AI and ML have great capabilities in modern engineering applications, there are still obstacles to adopting modern AI technologies for new and emerging engineering problems due to the uncertainty and unclear performance of AI. On one hand, it is well known that a well-implemented AI-enabled sensing system is a hidden and key factor for a successful and efficient engineering project. On the other hand, it is difficult to completely address the physical and mathematical interpretations in AI algorithms. While a significant amount of work and research has already been undertaken to address the existing AI issues in the current industrial engineering stage, these concerns continue to change in response to new AI technology developments and clients’ demand trends.

This Special Issue intends to provide an international forum for researchers to exchange up-to-date outcomes on AI, ML, and data analytics with their various applications to address the concerns in industrial engineering problems. These three exciting research areas (AI, ML, and data analytics) have attracted extensive research interests over the last decades, both from the AI methodology research community and industrial research groups. With the emergence of novel methods and systems, recent progress in these three areas is yet to be investigated and studied. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to satisfy this requirement, which will have great significance and a profound impact on society, including machine learning-enhanced engineering solutions in smart cities, automation and robotics solutions in engineering management, sensing and big data systems, computer and networks, human–computer interactions, and so on.

This Special Issue on the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Industrial Engineering solicits topics (among others) as follows:

• The integration of AI in industrial engineering problems;
• Information modeling for smart city;
• Automatic/robotic device;
• Human–computer interactions in industrial engineering;
• AI in engineering management technologies;
• Recent developments in Internet of things (IoTs) technology.
• Big data analysis for industrial engineering applications.

Prof. Dr. Ke Yan
Dr. Vincent Gan
Dr. Liangliang Jiang
Guest Editors

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• AI algorithms
• machine learning
• data analytics
• industrial engineering