The contributions of Thermodynamics to Economics have been masterfully pioneered by P. A. Samuelson in his Foundations of Economic Analysis, adapting the Le Châtelier Principle to relate changes in economic variables. Recent contributions have been given, including the economic counterparts of...

The continuous annealing of flat steel improves its properties for applications such as automotive manufacturing. Scheduling these processes on Parallel Heterogeneous Annealing Lines (PHALs) is complex due to diverse coil properties, incompatible process modes, and due date constraints....

The continuous annealing of flat steel improves its properties for applications such as automotive manufacturing. Scheduling these processes on Parallel Heterogeneous Annealing Lines (PHALs) is complex due to diverse coil properties, incompatible process modes, and due date constraints....

This study investigates an NP-hard parallel machine scheduling problem, a critical challenge in manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics industries where efficient resource allocation is essential. The issue involves scheduling operations where each task requires an additional resource, with...