A real-world planned maintenance scheduling problem that exists at several business units within United Technologies Corporation (UTC) is addressed in this paper. The scheduling problem is formulated as a multiple tour maximum collection problem with time-dependent rewards and an adaptive memory...

A 3D (three-dimensional) model of VRB (vanadium redox flow battery) with interdigitated flow channel design is proposed. Two different stack inlet designs, single-inlet and multi-inlet, are structured in the model to study the distributions of fluid pressure, electric potential, current density...

This study investigates the look-ahead control of a conveyor-serviced production station (CSPS), viewed as a production center, which is connected to a sales center. The production station is equipped with a buffer to temporarily store the parts that will flow into the product bank of the sales...