Li-Chih Wang

TL;DR: In this article, a multi-objective closed-loop supply chain design (MCSCD) model has been proposed, in consideration of many practical characteristics including flow conservation at each production/recycling unit of forward/reverse logistics (FL/RL), capacity expansion, and recycled components.

TL;DR: In this article, a new paradigm, called CTOPN (colored timed object-oriented Petri net), is presented to model an automated manufacturing system (AMS) and an integrated and consistent environment is provided to simultaneously model, schedule and control an AMS.

TL;DR: An Object-oriented Petri Net (OPN) approach to model and analyse the dynamic behaviours of an Automated Manufacturing System (AMS) and a rule-based control software may be implemented directly from the specification of the validated complete OPN model by following a number of transformation rules.

TL;DR: The development of an AMPCS for an automated manufacturing cell demonstrates that the integration of RFID technique and MAS in developing an agile manufacturing planning and control system can really possess the characteristics of visibility, accountability, track ability, responsiveness, and flexibility in a distributed and dynamic manufacturing system.

TL;DR: Preliminary computational study indicates that the developed VNPSO not only provides good quality solutions within a reasonable amount of time but also outperforms the classic branch and bound method and the current industry heuristic practiced by the case company.