Analyzing the flow of vehicles within a metropolitan area is essential to understand traffic congestion better and evaluate urban mobility for more environmentally and sustainable targets. This study uses real-time big data to conduct a spatiotemporal analysis of traffic congestion patterns in...

Military systems have many components, such as garrisons, border guards, and industries with a large population that may be affected by disasters. Garrisons, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities in military systems are needed to reduce human casualties. However, these facilities may not have...

Increasing demand for miniaturized components as micro-holes with diameters ranging from a few microns to hundreds of microns used in automobile, aviation, electronics, and medical industries makes laser beam drilling (LBD) a viable option in today's manufacturing environment. The LBD processes...

The Apparent Tardiness Cost (ATC) dispatching rule was initially developed to minimize tardiness in single-machine scheduling problems. ATC extensions have been frequently applied in other production settings, relying heavily on blocking idle machine capacity with a single-machine outlook; this...