1. Enhancing total agility level through assessment and product mapping: A case study in the manufacturing of refrigeration air dryer

   • C. G. Sreenivasa
   • S. R. Devadasan
   • R. Murugesh

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 September 2011 Pages: 421 - 436

2. Adaptation of the simulated annealing optimization algorithm to achieve improved near-optimum objective function values and computation times for multiple component manufacture

   • Atef Afifi Afifi
   • Wasim Ahmed Khan
   • David R. Hayhurst

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 October 2011 Pages: 437 - 451

3. Distribution of unit forces on the tool edge rounding in the case of finishing turning

   • Borys Storch
   • Anna Zawada-Tomkiewicz

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 23 September 2011 Pages: 453 - 461

4. Thermal error modeling of machine tool based on fuzzy c-means cluster analysis and minimal-resource allocating networks

   • Jian Han
   • Liping Wang
   • Haitong Wang

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 September 2011 Pages: 463 - 472

5. Anisotropy of machined surfaces involved in the ultra-precision turning of single-crystal silicon—a simulation and experimental study

   • Minghai Wang
   • Wei Wang
   • Zesheng Lu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 October 2011 Pages: 473 - 485

6. An experimental study on the machining characteristics in ductile-mode milling of BK-7 glass

   • Muhammad Arif
   • Mustafizur Rahman
   • Wong Yoke San

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 September 2011 Pages: 487 - 495

7. Experimental analyses to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness in using heat-pipe embedded end-mills

   • Lin Zhu
   • Tien-Chien Jen
   • Yi-Hsin Yen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 September 2011 Pages: 497 - 504

8. 3D graphical method for profiling tools that generate helical surfaces

   • Silviu Berbinschi
   • Virgil Gabriel Teodor
   • Nicolae Oancea

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 September 2011 Pages: 505 - 512

9. Drilling of a hybrid Al/SiC/Gr metal matrix composites

   • Yahya Altunpak
   • Mustafa Ay
   • Serdar Aslan

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 September 2011 Pages: 513 - 517

10. The effect of starting hole geometry on borehole quality and tool life of twist drills

    • Robert Karl Heinemann

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 September 2011 Pages: 519 - 526

11. Friction factor evaluation by FEM and experiment for TA15 titanium alloy in isothermal forming process

    • Da-Wei Zhang
    • He Yang
    • Xiao-Guang Fan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2011 Pages: 527 - 536

12. Effects of an ultrasonically excited TIG arc on CLAM steel weld joints

    • Xizhang Chen
    • Zheng Shen
    • Qunying Huang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 September 2011 Pages: 537 - 544

13. Study on the generative design method and error budget of a novel desktop multi-axis laser machine for micro tool fabrications

    • Xiang Cheng
    • Yumei Huang
    • Xianhai Yang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2011 Pages: 545 - 552

14. Apply fuzzy interpolation method to calibrate parallel machine tools

    • Ying Bai
    • Hanqi Zhuang
    • Dali Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 September 2011 Pages: 553 - 560

15. A universal NC program processor design and prototype implementation for CNC systems

    • Xingui Guo
    • Yadong Liu
    • Makoto Fujishima

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 September 2011 Pages: 561 - 575

16. 3D ISO manufacturing specifications with vectorial representation of tolerance zones

    • Caux Mickaël
    • Anselmetti Bernard

    Original Article 26 October 2011 Pages: 577 - 588

17. Optimization of an aluminum profile extrusion process based on Taguchi’s method with S/N analysis

    • Cunsheng Zhang
    • Guoqun Zhao
    • Hengkui Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2011 Pages: 589 - 599

18. Influence of process parameters on part quality and mechanical properties for DMLS and SLM with iron-based materials

    • Jordi Delgado
    • Joaquim Ciurana
    • Ciro A. Rodríguez

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2011 Pages: 601 - 610

19. Surface roughness optimization of cold-sprayed coatings using Taguchi method

    • Tarun Goyal
    • Ravinderjit Singh Walia
    • T. S. Sidhu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 September 2011 Pages: 611 - 623

20. Comments on “enhancement of an efficient liveness-enforcing supervisor for flexible manufacture systems”

    • Daniel Y. Chao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2011 Pages: 625 - 629

21. A robust scheduling of projects with time, cost, and quality considerations

    • Ali Salmasnia
    • Hadi Mokhtari
    • Isa Nakhai Kamal Abadi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2011 Pages: 631 - 642

22. Group scheduling with independent setup times, ready times, and deteriorating job processing times

    • Ji-Bo Wang
    • Xue Huang
    • Ping Ji

    Original Article 05 October 2011 Pages: 643 - 649

23. GA and ICA approaches to job rotation scheduling problem: considering employee’s boredom

    • Ashkan Ayough
    • M. Zandieh
    • H. Farsijani

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 November 2011 Pages: 651 - 666

24. Multi-contextual ant colony optimization of intermediate dynamic job shop problems

    • Ming-Shiun Lu
    • Richard Romanowski

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 October 2011 Pages: 667 - 681

25. Material analysis for artificial muscle and touch sensing of cooperative biomimetic manipulators

    • I. S. Rajay Vedaraj
    • S. Parijaat
    • B. V. A. Rao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 September 2011 Pages: 683 - 692

26. Iterated hybrid metaheuristic algorithms for unrelated parallel machines problem with unequal ready times and sequence-dependent setup times

    • Chun-Lung Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 September 2011 Pages: 693 - 705

27. Stochastic capacity allocation, revenue management approach: the existence of modularity property

    • Mohammad Modarres
    • Tahereh Zaefarian
    • Mehdi Sharifyazdi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 October 2011 Pages: 707 - 722

    

28. A novel algorithm based on hybridization of artificial immune system and simulated annealing for clustering problem

    • Khabat Abdi
    • Mohammad Fathian
    • Ehram Safari

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 October 2011 Pages: 723 - 732

29. Optimal designing of an SkSP-V skip-lot sampling plan with double-sampling plan as the reference plan

    • Muhammad Aslam
    • Saminathan Balamurali
    • Mujahid Rasool

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 September 2011 Pages: 733 - 740

30. Editorial for the Special Issue on the 5th Automotive Technology Conference OTEKON2010, Uludag University, June 7–8, 2010, Bursa, Türkiye

    • Ferruh Öztürk

    EDITORIAL 11 April 2012 Pages: 741 - 741

31. Optimization of suspension parameters to improve impact harshness of road vehicles

    • Mert Aydın
    • Y. Samim Ünlüsoy

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 August 2011 Pages: 743 - 754

32. A design tool to evaluate the vehicle ride comfort characteristics: modeling, physical testing, and analysis

    • İ. Karen
    • N. Kaya
    • A. Yurttaş

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 August 2011 Pages: 755 - 763

33. A nonlinear sideslip observer design methodology for automotive vehicles based on a rational tire model

    • Selim Solmaz
    • S. Çağlar Başlamışlı

    Original Article 30 August 2011 Pages: 765 - 775

34. Development of a design verification methodology including strength and fatigue life prediction for agricultural tractors

    • Atayıl Koyuncu
    • Mustafa İlhan Gökler
    • Tuna Balkan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 August 2011 Pages: 777 - 785

35. Storage location assignment and order picking optimization in the automotive industry

    • Seval Ene
    • Nursel Öztürk

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 August 2011 Pages: 787 - 797

36. The effects of using different type of inlet vents on the thermal characteristics of the automobile cabin and the human body during cooling period

    • Muhsin Kiliç
    • Gökhan Sevilgen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 August 2011 Pages: 799 - 809

37. Numerical modeling of the momentum and thermal characteristics of air flow in the intercooler connection hose

    • Alper Uysal
    • A. Alper Ozalp
    • Orhan Korgavus

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 August 2011 Pages: 811 - 824

38. Vehicle dynamics analysis of a heavy-duty commercial vehicle by using multibody simulation methods

    • Selim Hasagasioglu
    • Koray Kilicaslan
    • Ahmet Güney

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 September 2011 Pages: 825 - 839