... optimization Assembly sequence planning High-speed trains Improved discrete particle swarm optimization Optimization techniques Assembly Trains Nowadays, high-speed trains (HST) have become an ideal transport for long distance travel with the advantages of safety (HST systems reduce but do...

... Optimization techniques Flexible manufacturing systems Analytic and simulation models, when combined, result in a hybrid model that gives advantages of both the techniques. A hybrid analytic and simulation model is a mathematical model that combines identifiable simulation and analytic models (Dan...

... formulation for aero‐engine pipe‐routing problems, and presents an MPSO approach to find the optimal pipe paths. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Pipework systems Optimization techniques Aerospace industry Design The pipe‐assembly problems are commonly encountered in numerous...

.... This also allows the omission of the preliminary operations of thread tapping and unites orientation, thread‐forming and tightening procedures. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Assembly Fasteners Neural nets Optimization techniques Threaded connections cover up to 70 per cent...

... Automation Fuzzy logic Optimization techniques The daily increase of competition among part makers has necessitated a higher rate of productivity. Automation, as a major factor influencing productivity has had an undeniable role in the drive for higher quality and lower prices. Press line...

... be found from Heilala et al. (2004) . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Modelling Optimization techniques Photodiodes Monte Carlo simulation The use of passive alignment method is suitable for mass production due to the fact that it is intrinsically simple and fast...

... There is no literature available for the real time one‐dimensional multiple‐grade cutting stock problem when orders are prioritized. The few commercial optimizers have unknown algorithms with unpredictable waste. Optimization techniques Furniture industry Wood products The furniture products are produced...