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3 Citations
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An Enhanced Tree-Seed Algorithm for Function Optimization and Production Optimization

  • Qingan Zhou,
  • Rong Dai,
  • Guoxiao Zhou,
  • Shenghui Ma and
  • Shunshe Luo

As the fields of engineering, energy, and geology become increasingly complex, decision makers face escalating challenges that require skilled solutions to meet practical production needs. Evolutionary algorithms, inspired by biological evolution, ha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computer-Aided Biomimetics: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,964 Views
18 Pages

14 April 2022

The optimization of injection–production parameters is an important step in the design of gas injection development schemes, but there are many influencing factors and they are difficult to determine. To solve this problem, this paper optimizes...

(This article belongs to the Topic Optimisation, Optimal Control and Nonlinear Dynamics in Electrical Power, Energy Storage and Renewable Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
853 Views
21 Pages

The Fungal Growth Optimizer (FGO) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic that simulates fungal colony behaviors, but its exploitation phase can lose search diversity when guidance is dominated by limited peer or global-best information. In this paper, we...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Computation and Its Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,108 Views
26 Pages

Research on Optimization of Intermittent Production Process System

  • Jie Xiong,
  • Ting Zhang,
  • Jian Yang,
  • Fengjing Sun,
  • Jianyi Liu,
  • Yimin Wen and
  • Gongheng Pan

2 September 2024

As gas wells enter later production stages, the formation pressure decreases and liquid accumulates at the bottom of the gas well. The formation pressure is insufficient to lift the accumulated liquid from the bottom of the well to the surface. At th...

(This article belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
649 Views
21 Pages

As engineering systems grow in complexity, reliable metaheuristic optimizers are increasingly essential. While swarm intelligence algorithms are widely applied, recent approaches like the Cuckoo Catfish Optimizer (CCO) can experience premature conver...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,447 Views
24 Pages

An Optimization Method of Production-Distribution in Multi-Value-Chain

  • Shihao Wang,
  • Jianxiong Zhang,
  • Xuefeng Ding,
  • Dasha Hu,
  • Baojian Wang,
  • Bing Guo,
  • Jun Tang,
  • Ke Du,
  • Chao Tang and
  • Yuming Jiang

16 February 2023

Value chain collaboration management is an effective means for enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency to enhance competitiveness. Vertical and horizontal collaboration have received much attention, but the current collaboration model com...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI and Data-Driven Advancements in Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,635 Views
19 Pages

The growing intricacies in engineering, energy, and geology pose substantial challenges for decision makers, demanding efficient solutions for real-world production. The water flow optimizer (WFO) is an advanced metaheuristic algorithm proposed in 20...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,437 Views
21 Pages

Global optimization problems, prevalent across scientific and engineering disciplines, necessitate efficient algorithms for navigating complex, high-dimensional search spaces. Drawing inspiration from the resilient and adaptive growth strategies of m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications: 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,065 Views
20 Pages

19 September 2025

Developing solutions for complex optimization problems is fundamental to progress in many scientific and engineering disciplines. The Flower Fertilization Optimization (FFO) algorithm, a powerful metaheuristic inspired by the reproductive processes o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Biological and Bio-Inspired Algorithms)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,224 Views
20 Pages

15 March 2019

This study outlines a new forecasting problem of closed-loop production system under environmental aspect by proposing a new solution based on subcontracting. By studying the impact of the carbon tax on decision-making of production optimization, we...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,338 Views
15 Pages

Sustainable manufacturing is connected with the effectiveness of production processes. There are several solutions to improve manufacturing sustainability. This paper deals with the possibilities of the utilization of mathematical methods to solve op...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,675 Views
17 Pages

Production Scheduling Optimization during Thermoforming of Ring Forgings Based on Genetic Algorithms

  • Yizhe Chen,
  • Beichen Xie,
  • Huijuan Ma,
  • Hui Wang,
  • Yulong Zhou,
  • Jie Chen and
  • Lin Hua

29 September 2022

In the aerospace industry, many important components are made of ring forgings with characteristics of multi-variety and multi-batch. Such components have many steps and complex parameters in the thermoforming process. The process orders are dynamic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Rolling, Heat Treatment and Electromagnetic Processing Technology of High Performance Metals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,767 Views
25 Pages

Design and Optimization of Production Line Layout Using Material Flows

  • Michal Bučko,
  • Lucie Krejčí,
  • Ivo Hlavatý and
  • Jiří Lorenčík

14 March 2024

Businesses are constantly trying to improve their production by looking for bottlenecks to improve their market position. The introduction and innovation of automated production lines is necessary for both labor shortages and productivity and quality...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Precision Manufacturing and Machine Tools)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,286 Views
22 Pages

5 October 2024

Precast concrete components have attracted a lot of attention due to their efficient production on off-site production lines. However, in the precast component production process, unreasonable production sequence and mold layout will reduce productio...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,353 Views
20 Pages

23 November 2025

This study investigates the limitations of existing models in optimizing equipment resource allocation for the large-scale production of precast concrete components in highway engineering. There are abundant investigations on scheduling models of pre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancing Civil Engineering Construction and Management: Innovations in Green Building, Intelligent Construction, and Sustainable Infrastructure Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,755 Views
14 Pages

This paper proposes an improved seamless fabric production line and its mathematical models before and after optimization to enhance production efficiency and material utilization in textile manufacturing. By adjusting the production process of the s...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Automation and Process Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,136 Views
13 Pages

Oil Production Optimization Using Q-Learning Approach

  • Mazyar Zahedi-Seresht,
  • Bahram Sadeghi Bigham,
  • Shahrzad Khosravi and
  • Hoda Nikpour

2 January 2024

This paper presents an approach for optimizing the oil recovery factor by determining initial oil production rates. The proposed method utilizes the Q-learning method and the reservoir simulator (Eclipse 100) to achieve the desired objective. The sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
10,133 Views
14 Pages

9 October 2016

Cellulase and xylanase are in high demand for application in several industrial processes, consequently necessitating the bioprospecting and manipulation of microbes for novel and greater enzyme productivity. This study reports on the optimal conditi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,033 Views
17 Pages

Applying Evolutionary Multitasking for Process Parameter Optimization in Polymerization Process of Carbon Fiber Production

  • Liang Jin,
  • Zude Zhou,
  • Kunlun Li,
  • Guoliang Zhang,
  • Quan Liu,
  • Bitao Yao and
  • Yilin Fang

19 September 2022

Carbon fiber is becoming a key material for engineering applications due to its excellent comprehensive properties. The process parameter optimization is an important step in the polymerization process of carbon fiber production. At present, most of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,188 Views
16 Pages

Layout Optimization Model for the Production Planning of Precast Concrete Building Components

  • Dong Wang,
  • Guiwen Liu,
  • Kaijian Li,
  • Tongjing Wang,
  • Asheem Shrestha,
  • Igor Martek and
  • Xiaobo Tao

30 May 2018

Precast concrete comprises the basic components of modular buildings. The efficiency of precast concrete building component production directly impacts the construction time and cost. In the processes of precast component production, mold setting has...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Construction and Building Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,120 Views
30 Pages

A Multilayer Perceptron Feedforward Neural Network and Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Optimizing Biogas Production

  • Arief Abdurrakhman,
  • Lilik Sutiarso,
  • Makhmudun Ainuri,
  • Mirwan Ushada and
  • Md Parvez Islam

19 February 2025

Efficient biogas production significantly impacts greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and carbon sequestration by reducing emissions and enhancing carbon storage. Nonetheless, the consistency and optimization of biogas production are hindered by fluctuati...

(This article belongs to the Section A4: Bio-Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,348 Views
26 Pages

Research on Intelligent Production Optimization of Low-Permeability Tight Gas Wells

  • Yi Zhang,
  • Xin Li,
  • Shengguo Yang,
  • Kewen Qiang,
  • Bin Zhang,
  • Jie Liu,
  • Qiansheng Wei and
  • Rui Wang

13 August 2025

Gas well production prediction is an important means to determine the economic benefits of gas field development, and it is the key to realize the optimization of gas well production. However, with the continuous development of gas fields, the increa...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Computer Science)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
438 Views
43 Pages

27 August 2026

The increasing complexity of automotive production systems, driven by mass customization, the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles, competitive markets, and cost pressure, has intensified the need for advanced opti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
14,387 Views
11 Pages

22 October 2022

In the context of addressing the global challenge of facilitating a decision-making process based on methane production using a predictive model, the study seeks to evaluate the performance of a biogas digester in varying operating conditions for opt...

(This article belongs to the Section Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Microbiomes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,929 Views
26 Pages

Production Optimization in a Grain Facility through Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

  • Gabriel Bayá,
  • Eduardo Canale,
  • Sergio Nesmachnow,
  • Franco Robledo and
  • Pablo Sartor

17 August 2022

This article introduces a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming model for cost optimization in multi-product multi-line production scheduling. This model considers discrete time windows and includes realistic constraints. The NP completeness of the proble...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,216 Views
20 Pages

Global optimization problems, ubiquitous scientific research, and engineering applications necessitate sophisticated algorithms adept at navigating intricate, high-dimensional search landscapes. The Escape (ESC) algorithm, inspired by the complex dyn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications: 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,762 Views
13 Pages

7 March 2021

The production–inventory system is a problem of multivariable input and multivariant output in mathematics. Selecting the best system control parameters is a crucial managerial decision to achieve and dynamically maintain an optimal performance in te...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multivariable Optimization by Intelligent and Numerical Modelling and Simulation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
10,703 Views
18 Pages

Optimization of Food Industry Production Using the Monte Carlo Simulation Method: A Case Study of a Meat Processing Plant

  • Mikhail Koroteev,
  • Ekaterina Romanova,
  • Dmitriy Korovin,
  • Vasiliy Shevtsov,
  • Vadim Feklin,
  • Petr Nikitin,
  • Sergey Makrushin and
  • Konstantin V. Bublikov

The problem evaluated in this study is related to the optimization of a budget of an industrial enterprise using simulation methods of the production process. Our goal is to offer a universal and straightforward methodology for simulating a productio...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
415 Views
31 Pages

Production Parameter Optimization for Gas Wells Using a Surrogate-Assisted Improved Particle Swarm Algorithm

  • Yong Chen,
  • Yingjie Li,
  • Yu Gong,
  • Lijun Chen,
  • Zhao Jin,
  • Lihang Zhou,
  • He Ma and
  • Xiaoyong Gao

19 May 2026

Gas well production optimization is an effective way to improve the efficiency and economic performance of natural gas development. Multiphase flow in wellbores and reservoir seepage make the process highly nonlinear, strongly coupled, and complex. T...

(This article belongs to the Section Petroleum and Low-Carbon Energy Process Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
8,059 Views
24 Pages

Food Production Scheduling: A Thorough Comparative Study between Optimization and Rule-Based Approaches

  • Maria E. Samouilidou,
  • Georgios P. Georgiadis and
  • Michael C. Georgiadis

27 June 2023

This work addresses the lot-sizing and production scheduling problem of multi-stage multi-product food industrial facilities. More specifically, the production scheduling problem of the semi-continuous yogurt production process, for two large-scale G...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,719 Views
15 Pages

An Integrated Fuzzy Goal Programming—Theory of Constraints Model for Production Planning and Optimization

  • Habib Zare,
  • Mahyar Kamali Saraji,
  • Madjid Tavana,
  • Dalia Streimikiene and
  • Fausto Cavallaro

17 November 2021

Manufacturing companies are under constant pressure to optimize the economic sustainability of their production systems. Production planning and optimization is a well-established strategy for considering resource constraints and improving economic p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Soft Computing for Smart Practices of Circular Economy in the Era of Covid-19)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,761 Views
21 Pages

4 April 2023

Aiming at the problem that the upstream manufacturer cannot accurately formulate the production plan after the link of the nonlinear supply chain system changes under emergencies, an optimization model of production change in a nonlinear supply chain...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Industrial Process Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,462 Views
18 Pages

8 September 2023

Industrial enzyme production with the Pichia pastoris expression system requires a well-characterized production strain and a competitively priced fermentation medium to meet the expectations of the industry. The present work shows a workflow that al...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Research in Biocatalysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,402 Views
19 Pages

8 June 2022

This paper proposes a prediction-driven sequential optimization methodology for joint decision-making problems of production-sales-stock in refined oil enterprises. In the proposed prediction-driven sequential optimization methodology, three dynamic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forecasting and Decision Support Systems for Energy Market Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,147 Views
15 Pages

19 June 2024

The development of offshore oil fields confronts challenges associated with high water cut and low displacement efficiency. Reservoir injection-production optimization stands out as an effective means to reduce costs and enhance efficiency in offshor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
11,696 Views
13 Pages

Optimization of Medium Using Response Surface Methodology for Lipid Production by Scenedesmus sp.

  • Fangfang Yang,
  • Lijuan Long,
  • Xiumei Sun,
  • Hualian Wu,
  • Tao Li and
  • Wenzhou Xiang

6 March 2014

Lipid production is an important indicator for assessing microalgal species for biodiesel production. In this work, the effects of medium composition on lipid production by Scenedesmus sp. were investigated using the response surface methodology. The...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances and New Perspectives in Marine Biotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,538 Views
15 Pages

Production Sustainability via Supermarket Location Optimization in Assembly Lines

  • Masood Fathi,
  • Amir Nourmohammadi,
  • Morteza Ghobakhloo and
  • Milad Yousefi

9 June 2020

Manufacturers worldwide are nowadays in pursuit of sustainability. In the Industry 4.0 era, it is a common practice to implement decentralized logistics areas, known as supermarkets, to achieve production sustainability via Just-in-Time material deli...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,480 Views
27 Pages

Research on clean production in automotive painting processes is a core component of achieving green manufacturing, addressing environmental regulatory challenges, and advancing sustainable development in the automotive industry by reducing volatile...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithms and Designs for Engineering Applications: 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,633 Views
16 Pages

Development of Integrated Linear Programming Fuzzy-Rough MCDM Model for Production Optimization

  • Milan Dordevic,
  • Rade Tešić,
  • Srdjan Todorović,
  • Miloš Jokić,
  • Dillip Kumar Das,
  • Željko Stević and
  • Sabahudin Vrtagic

27 September 2022

One of the most common tools for achieving optimization and adequate production process management is linear programming (LP) in various forms. However, there are specific cases of the application of linear programming when production optimization im...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Applications in Decision Making)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,487 Views
15 Pages

Multi-Objective Optimization of Smallholder Apple Production: Lessons from the Bohai Bay Region

  • Shan Jiang,
  • Hongyan Zhang,
  • Wenfeng Cong,
  • Zhengyuan Liang,
  • Qiran Ren,
  • Chong Wang,
  • Fusuo Zhang and
  • Xiaoqiang Jiao

12 August 2020

Transforming apple production to one with high yield and economic benefit but low environmental impact by improving P-use efficiency is an essential objective in China. However, the potential for multi-objective improvement for smallholders and the c...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Suitable Agronomic Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,447 Views
19 Pages

27 July 2022

Making a reasonable and effective production plan is always an essential and challenging task in industrial production. A joint optimization model of production and maintenance is proposed in this paper, which considers the structural relationship be...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,146 Views
22 Pages

Optimization Method of Production System for Coalbed Methane Wells throughout Life Cycle

  • Chen Li,
  • Lichun Sun,
  • Zhigang Zhao,
  • Jian Zhang,
  • Cunwu Wang,
  • Gang Lei,
  • Yong Li and
  • Yanjun Meng

6 February 2024

Different from conventional gas reservoirs, the permeability of coalbeds is affected by stress sensitivity and matrix shrinkage during production. These two conditions lead to lower permeability in the reservoir and affect the production efficiency o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,379 Views
13 Pages

29 November 2023

Recently, the extensive spread of some algae along coastlines has surged into unmanageable thick decomposition layers. This study aimed to demonstrate the use of Sargassum horneri as a biomass resource for ethanol production through the continuous hy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Fermentation Technology in Biomass Utilization and Biofuels Production)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,073 Views
37 Pages

15 November 2025

Defect-rate uncertainty creates cascading operational challenges in multi-stage production, often driving inefficiency and misallocation of labor, materials, and capacity. To confront this, we develop a multi-stage Production Integrated Decision (MsP...

(This article belongs to the Section Biological Optimisation and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,232 Views
15 Pages

20 November 2025

The optimization of biodiesel production through experimental design and statistical modeling carries significant industrial and economic benefits. The utilization of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and statistical modeling permits accurate manipu...

(This article belongs to the Section Theoretical and Computational Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,065 Views
21 Pages

9 May 2023

Facing the goal of net-zero emissions in 2050, the EU will pilot the European Carbon Boundary Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in 2023 and formally implement it in 2026. The scope of control includes cement, electricity, fertilizer, steel, aluminum, and f...

(This article belongs to the Topic Multiple Roads to Achieve Net-Zero Emissions by 2050)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,426 Views
25 Pages

24 October 2018

In this paper, a tactical Production-Distribution Planning (PDP) has been handled in a fuzzy and stochastic environment for supply chain systems (SCS) which has four echelons (suppliers, plants, warehouses, retailers) with multi-products, multi-trans...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,117 Views
15 Pages

Phenazine-1-carboxamide (PCN) is effective to control many plant pathogens, and improving PCN production would be of great significance in promoting its development as a biopesticide. This study was conducted to improve the PCN production of Pseudomo...

(This article belongs to the Topic Bioreactors: Control, Optimization and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,477 Views
35 Pages

Artificial Intelligence-Based Oil Well Condition Diagnosis and Production Parameter Optimization

  • Lu Jia,
  • Guowei Shi,
  • Nengji Jiang,
  • Shunquan Hu,
  • Guangya Li and
  • Zhipeng Zhang

1 December 2025

To address the challenges of low production efficiency, high energy consumption, and frequent equipment failures in low-producing wells, this study proposes an intelligent production parameter optimization method based on deep learning and multi-indi...

(This article belongs to the Section AI-Enabled Process Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,433 Views
25 Pages

29 September 2021

In the context of Industry 4.0, the matrix production developed by KUKA robotics represents a revolutionary solution for flexible manufacturing systems. Because of the adaptable and flexible manufacturing and material handling solutions, the design a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Manufacturing)

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