Motivated by a real situation arising in the Brazilian sugarcaneindustry, this paper addresses the integrated planning of harvest and transport operations over a multi-period planning horizon. The aim is to develop a schedule for the deployment of harvest and transport equipment that specifies...

One of the top priorities in the building design process is minimizing energy consumption. Moreover, the level of occupants' comfort directly affects their learning ability Therefore, this paper uses a multi-objective approach to optimize the architectural design features, including some newly...

Non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) was deployed in this paper for multi-objective thermo-economic optimization of biomass retrofit for an existing solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power plant. The existing plant consists of a field of linear Fresnel collectors (LFC), integrated...

Machines are a key element in the production system and their failure causes irreparable effects in terms of cost and time. In this paper, a new multi-objective mathematical model for dynamic cellular manufacturing system (DCMS) is provided with consideration of machine reliability and...

Optimization via Simulation (OvS) is an useful optimization tool to find a solution to an optimization problem that is difficult to model analytically. OvS consists in evaluating potential solutions through simulation executions; however, its high computational cost is a factor that can make its...

Optimization via Simulation (OvS) is an useful optimization tool to find a solution to an optimization problem that is difficult to model analytically. OvS consists in evaluating potential solutions through simulation executions; however, its high computational cost is a factor that can make its...