Special Issue “Design and Optimization of Production Lines”

Paolo Renna,Michele Ambrico

doi:10.3390/app10228302

Abstract

The classical models for designing production lines follow the objective of balancing the line so as to improve the throughput [...]

Highlights

The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” supports innovative models for energy consumption and fault tolerance in automated lines, and this drives the changes in design and optimization models for the production lines
This book includes a series of five research studies that reveal new knowledge about the design and management of sustainable production lines
The topics covered span many diverse areas associated with the design and management of production lines, such as: production improvement in uncertain environments [1], design of production lines to introduce switch-off policies [2], new technologies [3], statistical data analysis [4,5]

Summary

Introduction

The “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (alternatively known as “Industry 4.0”) supports innovative models for energy consumption and fault tolerance in automated lines, and this drives the changes in design and optimization models for the production lines.

Results

Conclusion