For any manufacturing or service organization, selecting the right upstream suppliers is a key success factor that will significantly reduce purchasing cost, increase downstream customer satisfaction and improve competitive ability. There are several quantitative as well as qualitative criteria,...

Plasma arc cutting (PAC) has evolved as an efficient process to cut complex profiles on many hard-to-machine engineering materials due to its many advantages, like higher dimensional accuracy, higher productivity, and the capability to cut thick materials. Optimization of this process is...

This study addresses the challenges associated with optimal power flow (OPF) management in hybrid power systems incorporating diverse energy sources, particularly focusing on the unpredictability of renewable energy sources (RESs). A novel analytics approach is introduced using Multi-Objective...

This study presents a comprehensive study on the potential and efficacy of decomposition-based multi-objective symbiotic organism search (MOSOS/D) algorithm for truss structure optimization. The investigation is carried out on five benchmark truss structures, e.g., 37-bar, 60-bar, 72-bar,...

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...

Developing advanced engineering materials with enhanced mechanical and metallurgical properties has caused non-traditional machining (NTM) processes to emerge as cost-effective and energy-efficient options. Improper settings of the input parameters of those processes may often lead to inferior...