Meta-Heuristics for Manufacturing Systems Optimization, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 551
Special Issue Editors
Interests: manufacturing system optimization and scheduling; vehicle routing problem; multi-objective optimization; intelligent optimization; intelligent control
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Interests: manufacturing system optimization and simulation
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Interests: machine learning; fuzzy theory; dynamic optimization algorithm; rescheduling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to the great success of our Special Issues, ‘Meta-Heuristics for Manufacturing Systems Optimization’ and ‘Meta-Heuristics for Manufacturing Systems Optimization Ⅱ’, we have decided to publish a third edition.
Meta-heuristics are effective tools inspired by the phenomena and behavior of nature and society. There are many meta-heuristics, including genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, artificial bee colony optimization, the estimation of distribution algorithms, differential evolution, shuffled frog-leaping algorithms, teaching–learning-based optimization, imperialist competitive algorithms, etc. The manufacturing industry is an important part of the economy in a number of countries, including China. Many complicated optimization problems, including scheduling and routing, extensively exist in manufacturing systems. They may have symmetrical features or constraints, and some of them possess asymmetrical conditions that are difficult to tackle using traditional optimization methods. In the last decade, meta-heuristics have become the main path to solve manufacturing system optimization problems, and a number of results have been obtained.
This Special Issue invites contributions addressing the novel theories, techniques, and applications of meta-heuristic-based manufacturing system optimization. We intend to garner articles on a variety of topics, such as meta-heuristics for multi-objective optimization, meta-heuristics for constrained optimization, multi-objective production scheduling, production scheduling with uncertainty, energy-efficient scheduling, distributed scheduling, dynamic scheduling, etc. Extensive review papers on the latest research findings are also welcome.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Meta-heuristics for multi-objective optimization;
- Meta-heuristics for constrained optimization;
- Multi-objective production scheduling;
- Production scheduling with uncertainty;
- Energy-efficient scheduling;
- Distributed scheduling;
- Dynamic scheduling;
- Machine learning for optimization and scheduling;
- Meta-heuristics with machine learning for optimization and scheduling;
- Assembly line balancing;
- Vehicle routing problem;
- Optimization problems in semiconductors, irons, automobiles, the chemical industry, etc.
Prof. Dr. Deming Lei
Dr. Jingcao Cai
Dr. Jing Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- meta-heuristic
- production scheduling
- optimization
- manufacturing systems
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