A new technique for 'scheduling' energy in electric grids has been developed. It moves away from centralized management by tapping into the distributed computing power of energy devices. The approach ...

A recent study published in Engineering presents a significant advancement in manufacturing scheduling. Researchers Xueyan Sun, Weiming Shen, Jiaxin Fan, and their colleagues from Huazhong University ...

Abstract: Driven by the rapid progress of digital technology, manufacturing cells of the smart shop floor have achieved the ability to collect data, compute, reason, and make autonomous decisions. By ...

Abstract: The distributed shop scheduling problem is a hotspot in the shop scheduling field. Online scheduling requires making prompt decisions in response to environmental changes during ongoing ...