Design and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems, 3rd Edition
A Special Issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417) belonging to the section "Applied Industrial Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 October 2026 | Viewed by 495
Editors
Interests: modeling and optimization of processes; machine tools; application of evolutionary algorithms and other natural-based algorithms; process efficiency; energy savings in production processes
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Interests: production planning and scheduling; simulation of production processes; batch sizing; operations management; optimization algorithms
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Interests: smart production and manufacturing engineering; Industry 4.0; robotics and assembly systems; collaborative systems; simulation modelling; machine learning and optimization in production engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Today's market demands necessitate great efforts to ensure the survival and competitiveness of production companies, which are required to produce products of sufficient quality with the lowest possible production costs and provide timely delivery. In this context, production planning activities are of high importance. These activities are primarily related to the design of a suitable manufacturing system and the planning and optimization of the manufacturing process. Production planning problems possess high computational complexity, and finding a suitable solution is extremely challenging. Traditional approaches to manufacturing system design and production planning in general are not capable of capturing information in real time and responding quickly to changes in the production environment. For this reason, developing new theoretical and practical solutions is essential.
This Special Issue will collect research on the design and optimization of manufacturing systems to increase efficiency, reduce production costs, and improve sustainability and other performance measures relevant to today's production environments. Research papers that provide solutions to current real-world problems are also welcome.
Therefore, all experts are invited to submit their research to a Special Issue of Applied Sciences, "Design and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems, 3rd Edition".
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.
Prof. Dr. Zoran Jurković
Dr. David Ištoković
Dr. Janez Gotlih
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- manufacturing systems
- layout design
- Industry 4.0
- smart factory
- production planning
- scheduling
- optimization
- simulation
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