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

  • Liang Jin,
  • Zude Zhou,
  • Kunlun Li,
  • Guoliang Zhang and ,
  • Quan Liu,
  • Bitao Yao and
  • Yilin Fang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

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
20 Citations
4,005 Views
13 Pages

Numerical Simulation and Process Optimization of Internal Thread Cold Extrusion Process

  • Hong-Ling Hou,
  • Guang-Peng Zhang,
  • Chen Xin and
  • Yong-Qiang Zhao

7 September 2020

In the internal thread extrusion forming, if the process parameters are not selected properly, the extrusion torque will increase, the extrusion temperature will be too high, or even the tap will break. In order to obtain effective process parameters...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,267 Views
28 Pages

Classification-Based Parameter Optimization Approach of the Turning Process

  • Lei Yang,
  • Yibo Jiang,
  • Yawei Yang,
  • Guowen Zeng and ,
  • Zongzhi Zhu and
  • Jiaxi Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 November 2024

The turning process is a widely used machining process, and its productivity has a significant impact on the cost and profit in industrial enterprises. Currently, it is difficult to effectively determine the optimum process parameters under complex c...

(This article belongs to the Topic Smart Product Design and Manufacturing on Industrial Internet)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
684 Views
8 Pages

Process Optimization with Smart BLE Beacons

  • Stanimir Kabaivanov and
  • Veneta Markovska

The optimization of workflows and processes based on available data and observations is very important for gaining efficiency, but is often limited by the amount of available information and the time required to collect it. In this paper we suggest a...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 14th International Scientific Conference TechSys 2025—Engineering, Technologies and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
8,370 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)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,124 Views
22 Pages

7 September 2021

Lyophilization is widely used in the preservation of thermolabile products. The main shortcoming is the long processing time. Lyophilization processes are mostly based on a recipe that is not changed, but, with the Quality by Design (QbD) approach an...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Towards Autonomous Operation of Biologics and Botanicals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,700 Views
24 Pages

Integration of Data-Driven Process Re-Engineering and Process Interdependence for Manufacturing Optimization Supported by Smart Structured Data

  • Md Ashikul Alam Khan,
  • Javaid Butt,
  • Habtom Mebrahtu,
  • Hassan Shirvani and ,
  • Alireza Sanaei and
  • Mohammad Nazmul Alam
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 August 2019

Process re-engineering and optimization in manufacturing industries is a big challenge because of process interdependencies characterized by a high failure rate. Research has shown that over 70% of approaches fail because of complexity as a result of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
9,690 Views
22 Pages

Description of the Resin Curing Process—Formulation and Optimization

  • Aleksander Muc,
  • Paweł Romanowicz and
  • Małgorzata Chwał

12 January 2019

The paper gives a set of basic relations characterizing the phenomena of viscous polymer resin flow through fiber reinforcement and the resin curing process. We describe the technological process of manufacturing composite structures. The influence o...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,024 Views
24 Pages

23 February 2021

This article introduces a novel laboratory-scale process for the electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The process aims at an energy-efficient, decentralized production, and a mathematical optimization of it is presented. A dynamic,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Optimization in Process Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,655 Views
14 Pages

The Simulation and Optimization of the Tetrafluoroethylene Rectification Process

  • Limin Yang,
  • Yue Chen,
  • Jinzhi Wang,
  • Yongzhen Luo and ,
  • Pengfei Zhou and
  • Xiaolai Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In the R22 (chlorodifuoromethane) steam-cracking process, which is used to produce a TFE (tetrafluoroethylene) monomer, distillation is employed to separate the high-purity TFE monomer from the cracked gas generated during this procedure. Traditional...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advances in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,177 Views
31 Pages

A Hybrid Grey Wolf Optimizer for Process Planning Optimization with Precedence Constraints

  • Mijodrag Milosevic,
  • Robert Cep,
  • Lenka Cepova,
  • Dejan Lukic and ,
  • Aco Antic and
  • Mica Djurdjev
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

30 November 2021

Process planning optimization is a well-known NP-hard combinatorial problem extensively studied in the scientific community. Its main components include operation sequencing, selection of manufacturing resources and determination of appropriate setup...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Machining: Process Optimisation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,545 Views
14 Pages

7 May 2022

The use of olefin oligomerization in the synthesis of liquid fuel has broad application prospects in military and civil fields. Here, based on finite time thermodynamics (FTT), an ethylene oligomerization chemical process (EOCP) model with a constant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,379 Views
26 Pages

In process engineering, optimization is usually carried out without the simultaneous consideration of material and process. This issue is addressed in the following contribution. A model-based optimization is presented to improve the performance of a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,327 Views
15 Pages

3 November 2022

In this paper, a mathematical model is developed for the modified settings of an automatic filling machine to minimize the filling time of orders for different volumes of dairy product and flavors. The linear programming model is solved using the Sim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,365 Views
21 Pages

29 July 2025

This study presents a breakthrough in sustainable injection molding by uniquely combining a backpropagation neural network (BPNN) with particle swarm optimization (PSO) to overcome traditional optimization challenges. The BPNN’s exceptional abi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancement in Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,511 Views
24 Pages

Reinforcement Learning Agent for Multi-Objective Online Process Parameter Optimization of Manufacturing Processes

  • Akshay Paranjape,
  • Nahid Quader,
  • Lars Uhlmann,
  • Benjamin Berkels and ,
  • Dominik Wolfschläger,
  • Robert H. Schmitt and
  • Thomas Bergs
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 June 2025

Optimizing manufacturing processes to reduce scrap and enhance process stability presents significant challenges, particularly when multiple conflicting objectives must be addressed concurrently. As the number of objectives increases, the complexity...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Multi-Objective Optimization: Techniques and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
5,220 Views
14 Pages

Optimization of Photopolymerization Process of Dental Composites

  • Tsanka Dikova,
  • Jordan Maximov,
  • Vladimir Todorov,
  • Georgi Georgiev and
  • Vladimir Panov

28 April 2021

The aim of this paper is to perform optimization of photopolymerization process of dental composites in order to obtain maximum hardness. Samples (5 mm diameter; 2, 3 and 4 mm thickness) were made of Universal Composite (UC), Bulk fill Composite (BC)...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis and Characterization of Biomedical Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,928 Views
30 Pages

Multi-Level Progressive Parameter Optimization Method for the Complex Process Industry

  • Hanbo Fan,
  • Xiaobao Liu,
  • Wenjuan Gu,
  • Lang Wang and
  • Ling Wang

24 June 2025

The optimization of process parameters in the process industry usually faces challenges such as computational complexity caused by high-dimensional parameters. It is difficult for existing optimization methods to balance optimization accuracy with ef...

(This article belongs to the Section Process Control, Modeling and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,212 Views
23 Pages

A Learning-Based Decision Tool towards Smart Energy Optimization in the Manufacturing Process

  • Choumicha El Mazgualdi,
  • Tawfik Masrour,
  • Noureddine Barka and
  • Ibtissam El Hassani

7 October 2022

We developed a self-optimizing decision system that dynamically minimizes the overall energy consumption of an industrial process. Our model is based on a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework, adopting three reinforcement learning methods, nam...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
5,498 Views
13 Pages

Hybridized Particle Swarm—Gravitational Search Algorithm for Process Optimization

  • Rajendran Shankar,
  • Narayanan Ganesh,
  • Robert Čep,
  • Rama Chandran Narayanan and ,
  • Subham Pal and
  • Kanak Kalita
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

21 March 2022

The optimization of industrial processes is a critical task for leveraging profitability and sustainability. To ensure the selection of optimum process parameter levels in any industrial process, numerous metaheuristic algorithms have been proposed s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,088 Views
19 Pages

2 April 2019

The cold roll-beating forming (CRBF) process is a particular cold plastic bulk forming technology for metals that is adequate for shaping the external teeth of important parts. The process parameters of the CRBF process were studied in this work to i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Modelling and Simulation of Metal Processing)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
620 Views
26 Pages

The objective of the grinding process is to obtain a better surface finish (roughness, accuracy, etc.) or a high material removal rate of the workpiece. These grinding process response variables depend largely on both the grinding conditions and the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fatigue and Wear Mechanisms of Different Surface Coatings for Industrial Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,985 Views
25 Pages

Gaussian-Process-Based Surrogate for Optimization-Aided and Process-Variations-Aware Analog Circuit Design

  • Adriana C. Sanabria-Borbón,
  • Sergio Soto-Aguilar,
  • Johan J. Estrada-López,
  • Douglas Allaire and
  • Edgar Sánchez-Sinencio

Optimization algorithms have been successfully applied to the automatic design of analog integrated circuits. However, many of the existing solutions rely on expensive circuit simulations or use fully customized surrogate models for each particular c...

(This article belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,370 Views
22 Pages

11 October 2020

Process planning is a typical combinatorial optimization problem. When the scale of the problem increases, combinatorial explosion occurs, which makes it difficult for traditional precise algorithms to solve the problem. A hybrid particle swarm optim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
344 Views
18 Pages

A Bilevel Optimization Strategy for the Mapping Process in Grammatical Evolution

  • Blanca Verónica Zuñiga-Núñez,
  • Erick Israel Guerra-Hernández,
  • Patricia Batres-Mendoza,
  • Itandehui Belem Gallegos-Velasco and
  • Marco Aurelio Sotelo-Figueroa

26 June 2026

Grammatical Evolution is a technique for evolving structured solutions using a genotype-to-phenotype mapping based on formal grammar. Optimization is typically performed on the genotype values. However, the use of permutations to guide mapping has be...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,177 Views
21 Pages

11 February 2021

The optimization of blank design is the key to the implementation of a green innovation strategy. The process of blank design determines more than 80% of resource consumption and environmental emissions during the blank processing. Unfortunately, the...

(This article belongs to the Section Environmental Sustainability and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,710 Views
45 Pages

MBD-Based Machining Feature Recognition and Process Route Optimization

  • Shuhui Ding,
  • Zhongyuan Guo,
  • Bin Wang,
  • Haixia Wang and
  • Fai Ma

8 October 2022

Machining feature recognition is considered the key connecting technique to the integration of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Process Planning (CAPP), and decision-making of the part processing scheme and the optimization of process r...

(This article belongs to the Section Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,670 Views
19 Pages

18 August 2025

The primary objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of conglomerate microorganisms on nitrification in activated sludge. The present study compares this process with activated-sludge technology to explore the variables that influence...

(This article belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,324 Views
21 Pages

Multi-Objective Process Optimization of Laser Cladding Co-Based Alloy by Process Window and Grey Relational Analysis

  • Haitao Yue,
  • Ning Lv,
  • Chenguang Guo,
  • Jianhua Zhai and ,
  • Weibing Dai,
  • Jianzhuo Zhang and
  • Guochao Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

13 June 2023

To determine the optimal process parameters for the preparation of a Co-based alloy cladding layer, the experimental research of laser cladding Co-based alloy was carried out based on the optimal process window and grey relational analysis methods wi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
550 Views
18 Pages

12 September 2026

This study focuses on optimizing the quenching process for insoluble sulfur (IS) production, addressing the issues of high energy consumption and poor safety associated with the existing vaporization method. A process simulation model for a pilot-sca...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Process Engineering: Process Design, Control, and Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,375 Views
17 Pages

15 October 2021

Customized small batch orders and sustainable development requirements pose challenges for product quality control and manufacturing process optimization for steel production. Building a multi-quality objective process parameter optimization method t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
11,516 Views
22 Pages

Data-Driven Process Reengineering and Optimization Using a Simulation and Verification Technique

  • Md Ashikul Alam Khan,
  • Javaid Butt,
  • Habtom Mebrahtu,
  • Hassan Shirvani and
  • Mohammad Nazmul Alam

27 October 2018

Process reengineering (PR) in manufacturing organizations is a big challenge, as shown by the high rate of failure. This research investigated different approaches to process reengineering to identify limitations and propose a new strategy to increas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,499 Views
34 Pages

Hybrid Optimization Methodology (Exergy/Pinch) and Application on a Simple Process

  • Christelle Bou Malham,
  • Assaad Zoughaib,
  • Rodrigo Rivera Tinoco and
  • Thierry Schuhler

28 August 2019

In the light of the alarming impending energy scene, energy efficiency and exergy efficiency are unmistakably gathering momentum. Among efficient process design methodologies, literature suggests pinch analysis and exergy analysis as two powerful the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exergy Analysis and Optimization of Energy Systems and Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,437 Views
26 Pages

13 December 2024

Fe90 alloy has a high weld hardness, good toughness, and high oxidation resistance, and is often used as a cladding material to repair the surfaces of 42CrMo steel structures of large shearer picks. The influence of the laser cladding processing para...

(This article belongs to the Section Additive Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,169 Views
16 Pages

28 August 2019

The ecological efficiency (EE) of the remanufacturing process occupies an important position in the whole index system of remanufacturing because it will directly affect the economic and environmental benefits of remanufacturing. Therefore, in order...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy, Economic and Environment for Industrial Production Processes)
  • Review
  • Open Access
69 Citations
11,397 Views
56 Pages

A Review of Optimization and Measurement Techniques of the Friction Stir Welding (FSW) Process

  • D. A. P. Prabhakar,
  • Akash Korgal,
  • Arun Kumar Shettigar,
  • Mervin A. Herbert and ,
  • Manjunath Patel Gowdru Chandrashekharappa,
  • Danil Yurievich Pimenov and
  • Khaled Giasin
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

This review reports on the influencing parameters on the joining parts quality of tools and techniques applied for conducting process analysis and optimizing the friction stir welding process (FSW). The important FSW parameters affecting the joint qu...

(This article belongs to the Topic Development of Friction Stir Welding and Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,733 Views
28 Pages

Smart Process Optimization and Adaptive Execution with Semantic Services in Cloud Manufacturing †

  • Luca Mazzola,
  • Philipp Waibel,
  • Patrick Kaphanke and
  • Matthias Klusch

13 November 2018

A new requirement for the manufacturing companies in Industry 4.0 is to be flexible with respect to changes in demands, requiring them to react rapidly and efficiently on the production capacities. Together with the trend to use Service-Oriented Arch...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Knowledge Engineering and Semantic Web)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,169 Views
19 Pages

Experimental Optimization of Process Parameters in CuNi18Zn20 Micromachining

  • Andrea Abeni,
  • Alessandro Metelli,
  • Cristian Cappellini and
  • Aldo Attanasio

21 October 2021

Ultraprecision micromachining is a technology suitable to fabricate miniaturized and complicated 3-dimensional microstructures and micromechanisms. High geometrical precision and elevated surface finishing are both key requirements in several manufac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers of Micromachines in Materials and Processing 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
6,324 Views
21 Pages

Analyzing the Effects of Tactical Dependence for Business Process Reengineering and Optimization

  • Md Ashikul Alam Khan,
  • Javaid Butt,
  • Habtom Mebrahtu and
  • Hassan Shirvani

Implementing business and manufacturing process reengineering is challenging and poses major issues. The dependence issues between process functions during the implementation phase are the main reason for the high failure rate of process reengineerin...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
148 Citations
20,542 Views
33 Pages

26 April 2020

This tutorial and review of multi-objective optimization (MOO) gives a detailed explanation of the 5 steps to create, solve, and then select the optimum result. Unlike single-objective optimization, the fifth step of selection or ranking of solutions...

(This article belongs to the Collection Multi-Objective Optimization of Processes)
  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
11,883 Views
17 Pages

Vacuum Thermoforming Process: An Approach to Modeling and Optimization Using Artificial Neural Networks

  • Wanderson De Oliveira Leite,
  • Juan Carlos Campos Rubio,
  • Francisco Mata Cabrera,
  • Angeles Carrasco and
  • Issam Hanafi

2 February 2018

In the vacuum thermoforming process, the group effects of the processing parameters, when related to the minimizing of the product deviations set, have conflicting and non-linear values which make their mathematical modelling complex and multi-object...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Model-Based Polymer Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,347 Views
18 Pages

Recommendation of SLM Process Parameters Based on Analytic Hierarchy Process and Weighted Particle Swarm Optimization for High-Temperature Alloys

  • Ze-Jun Zhang,
  • Yuan-Jie Wu,
  • Ze-Ming Wang,
  • Xiao-Yuan Ji and ,
  • Wei Guo,
  • Dong-Jian Peng,
  • Xian-Meng Tu,
  • Sheng-Zhi Zhou,
  • Huan-Qing Yang and
  • Jian-Xin Zhou
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

17 August 2023

Selective laser melting (SLM) of high-temperature alloys involves intricate interdependencies among key process parameters, such as laser power and scanning speed, affecting properties such as density and tensile strength. However, relying solely on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alloys and Composites: Structural and Functional Applications, Second Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,114 Views
32 Pages

A Review of Research on Multi-Objective Process Parameter Optimization Technology for Grinding Machining

  • Xiao Yang,
  • Zhaohui Deng,
  • Decai Zhu,
  • Rongjin Zhuo and ,
  • Xipeng Xu and
  • Wei Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

The optimization of grinding is a multi-objective problem characterized by high dimensionality, non-linearity, and complexity. Solving this multi-objective optimization (MOO) problem is one of the most challenging tasks in the field of mechanical eng...

  • Article
  • Open Access
701 Views
21 Pages

Fermentation Process Optimization for High 2-Phenylethanol Aroma Whisky

  • Kadireya Tuerxun,
  • Zhuoling Ding,
  • Xueqing Luo and
  • Shishui Zhou

2-Phenylethanol (2-PE) is a key aromatic alcohol contributing to the rose-like odor in brewed wines, primarily synthesized by yeast metabolism with a typical yield of less than 100 mg/L. To enhance the 2-PE content in brewed wines, this study used CR...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Fermentation: Advances in Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering, and Biomanufacturing)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,858 Views
19 Pages

19 November 2020

One popular method for optimizing systems, referred to as ANN-PSO, uses an artificial neural network (ANN) to approximate the system and an optimization method like particle swarm optimization (PSO) to select inputs. However, with reinforcement learn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Control, and Optimization of Multi-Generation and Hybrid Energy Systems)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,438 Views
13 Pages

7 April 2022

The process parameter optimization of laser cladding using a bio-inspired algorithm is a hot issue and attracts the attention of many scholars. The biggest difficulty, at present, is the lack of accurate information regarding the function relationshi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bio-Inspired Smart Machines: Structure, Mechanisms and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,289 Views
29 Pages

24 August 2025

This study presents a comprehensive study integrating machine learning, life cycle assessment (LCA) and heuristic optimization to achieve a low-carbon medical waste (MW)-to fuel process. A detailed process simulation coupled with cradle to gate LCA i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Optimization for Multi-scale Integration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
15,205 Views
18 Pages

27 December 2021

The Claus process is one of the promising technologies for acid gas processing and sulfur recovery. Hydrogen sulfide primarily exists as a byproduct in the gas processing unit. It must be removed from natural gas. The Environmental Protection Agency...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematics and Engineering II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,173 Views
20 Pages

Optimization of Hydropower Unit Startup Process Based on the Improved Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm

  • Qingquan Zhang,
  • Zifeng Xie,
  • Mingming Lu,
  • Shengyang Ji and ,
  • Dong Liu and
  • Zhihuai Xiao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

6 September 2024

In order to improve the dynamic performance during the startup process of hydropower units, while considering the efficient and stable speed increase and effective suppression of water pressure fluctuations and mechanical vibrations, optimization alg...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy, Electrical and Power Engineering 2024)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,222 Views
23 Pages

9 March 2026

Developed by Marais and Rabinowitz, the A2/O process is a pivotal biotechnology for biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal, developed by optimizing the five-stage Phoredox protocol. Renowned for its efficient configuration and straightforward ope...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Industrial Wastewater and Waste Gas Treatment Methods)

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