1. Advanced dispatching rules for large-scale manufacturing systems

   • Toly Chen
   • Chandrasekharan Rajendran
   • Chien-Wei Wu

   EDITORIAL 26 February 2013 Pages: 1 - 3

2. A dispatching rule-based hybrid genetic algorithm focusing on non-delay schedules for the job shop scheduling problem

   • Rui Zhang
   • Shiji Song
   • Cheng Wu

   Original Article 09 February 2013 Pages: 5 - 17

3. Multicontextual dispatching rules for job shops with dynamic job arrival

   • M.-S. Lu
   • R. Romanowski

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 January 2013 Pages: 19 - 33

4. Ant colony optimization for unrelated parallel machine scheduling

   • Chi-Wei Lin
   • Yang-Kuei Lin
   • Han-Ting Hsieh

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 01 February 2013 Pages: 35 - 45

5. A fuzzy rule for job dispatching in a wafer fabrication factory—a simulation study

   • Toly Chen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 January 2013 Pages: 47 - 58

6. Hybrid meta-heuristic algorithm for job shop scheduling with due date time window and release time

   • R. J. Kuo
   • W. C. Cheng

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 January 2013 Pages: 59 - 71

7. Sensitivity search for the rescheduling of semiconductor photolithography operations

   • Yi-Feng Hung
   • Chao-Hsiang Liang
   • James C. Chen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 29 January 2013 Pages: 73 - 84

8. Learning iterative dispatching rules for job shop scheduling with genetic programming

   • Su Nguyen
   • Mengjie Zhang
   • Kay Chen Tan

   Original Article 24 February 2013 Pages: 85 - 100

9. Advanced planning and scheduling for TFT-LCD color filter fab with multiple lines

   • James C. Chen
   • PoTsang B. Huang
   • Tzu-Wei Peng

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 29 January 2013 Pages: 101 - 110

10. A multi-stage fluctuation smoothing method for multiple bottlenecks in wafer fabrication

    • Hongtao Hu
    • Lu Zhen
    • Huai Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 January 2013 Pages: 111 - 120

11. An effective immune algorithm based on novel dispatching rules for the flexible flow-shop scheduling problem with multiprocessor tasks

    • Ye Xu
    • Ling Wang
    • Min Liu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 January 2013 Pages: 121 - 135

12. Declarative approach to cyclic steady state space refinement: periodic process scheduling

    • Grzegorz Bocewicz
    • Zbigniew A. Banaszak

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 07 February 2013 Pages: 137 - 155

13. Input sequencing and scheduling for a reconfigurable manufacturing system with a limited number of fixtures

    • Jae-Min Yu
    • Hyoung-Ho Doh
    • Sung-Ho Nam

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 January 2013 Pages: 157 - 169

14. Heuristic scheduling policies for a semiconductor wafer fabrication facility: minimizing variation of cycle times

    • Hyun Joong Yoon
    • Jin Gon Kim

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 23 January 2013 Pages: 171 - 180

15. Multiple common due dates assignment and scheduling problems with resource allocation and general position-dependent deterioration effect

    • Suh-Jenq Yang
    • Hsin-Tao Lee
    • Jia-Yuarn Guo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 January 2013 Pages: 181 - 188

16. A fuzzy-neural approach for optimizing the performance of job dispatching in a wafer fabrication factory

    • Yi-Chi Wang
    • Chien-Wei Wu
    • Toly Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 07 February 2013 Pages: 189 - 202

17. A two-phase algorithm for multiple-route job shop scheduling problem subject to makespan

    • Hamid Reza Golmakani
    • Ali Reza Birjandi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 26 January 2013 Pages: 203 - 216

18. Scheduling with a general learning effect

    • Dar-Li Yang
    • T. C. E. Cheng
    • Wen-Hung Kuo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 January 2013 Pages: 217 - 229

19. Ant colony optimization for job shop scheduling using multi-attribute dispatching rules

    • Przemysław Korytkowski
    • Szymon Rymaszewski
    • Tomasz Wiśniewski

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 05 February 2013 Pages: 231 - 241

20. Solution algorithms for the total weighted completion time minimization flow shop scheduling with decreasing linear deterioration

    • Ji-Bo Wang
    • Ming-Zheng Wang

    Original Article 22 February 2013 Pages: 243 - 253

21. Single-machine due date assignment problem with deteriorating jobs and resource-dependent processing times

    • Xiao-Yuan Wang
    • Jian-Jun Wang

    Original Article 07 February 2013 Pages: 255 - 260

22. Single machine scheduling jobs with a truncated sum-of-processing-times-based learning effect

    • Lin Li
    • Sheng-Wu Yang
    • Ping Ji

    Original Article 17 February 2013 Pages: 261 - 267

23. Dispatching rules for unrelated parallel machine scheduling with release dates

    • Lin Yang-Kuei
    • Lin Chi-Wei

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 February 2013 Pages: 269 - 279

24. Minimizing total weighted tardiness on a single machine with sequence-dependent setup and future ready time

    • Yue Xi
    • Jaejin Jang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 February 2013 Pages: 281 - 294

25. Dynamic dispatching for interbay material handling by using modified Hungarian algorithm and fuzzy-logic-based control

    • Wei Qin
    • Jie Zhang
    • Yinbin Sun

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 29 January 2013 Pages: 295 - 309

26. Evaluation of the impact of information delays on flexible manufacturing systems performance in dynamic scheduling environments

    • Rahul Caprihan
    • Ashok Kumar
    • Kathryn E. Stecke

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 February 2013 Pages: 311 - 338

27. A method for identification of geometrical tool changes during machining of titanium alloy Ti6Al4V

    • Manouchehr Vosough
    • Fredrik Schultheiss
    • Jan-Eric Ståhl

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 September 2012 Pages: 339 - 348

28. Studies on friction and wear properties of surface produced by ultrasonic vibration-assisted milling

    • Xuehui Shen
    • Jianhua Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 19 September 2012 Pages: 349 - 356

29. A multi-objective optimization and decision algorithm for locator layout continuous searching in checking fixture design

    • Kun Jiang
    • Xionghui Zhou
    • Xiao Kong

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 September 2012 Pages: 357 - 366

30. Model and simulation of water penetration in water-assisted injection molding

    • Jian Gen Yang
    • Xiong Hui Zhou
    • Qiang Niu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 September 2012 Pages: 367 - 375

31. RP part surface quality versus build orientation: when the layers are getting thinner

    • Yonghua Chen
    • Jianan Lu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open access 21 September 2012 Pages: 377 - 385

32. Research on accuracy analysis and performance verification test of micro-precise five-axis machine tool

    • Yong Xiao
    • Mingjun Chen
    • Wenlan Tian

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 September 2012 Pages: 387 - 395

33. Effective hybrid discrete artificial bee colony algorithms for the total flowtime minimization in the blocking flowshop problem

    • Yu-Yan Han
    • J. J. Liang
    • N. N. Cao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 September 2012 Pages: 397 - 414

34. A seam-tracking laser welding platform with 3D and 2D visual information fusion vision sensor system

    • Yu Huang
    • Yangliu Xiao
    • Mingzhen Li

    Original Article 07 October 2012 Pages: 415 - 426

35. Design of a real-time NURBS interpolator with constant segment length for milling EDM

    • Su Liang
    • Wansheng Zhao
    • Xuecheng Xi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2012 Pages: 427 - 440

36. An ontology learning system for customer needs representation in product development

    • Xingyu Chen
    • Chun-Hsien Chen
    • Xing Jiang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 September 2012 Pages: 441 - 453

37. RETRACTED ARTICLE: A new compaction strategy for enhancing the utilization of reconfigurable chips

    • A. I. Saleh

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 19 September 2012 Pages: 455 - 473

38. Nash bargaining game model for two parallel stages process evaluation with shared inputs

    • Seyed Gholamreza Jalali Naini
    • Alireza Moini
    • Mustafa Jahangoshai Rezaee

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 19 September 2012 Pages: 475 - 484

39. EDM of cast Al/SiC metal matrix nanocomposites by applying response surface method

    • S. Gopalakannan
    • T. Senthilvelan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 22 September 2012 Pages: 485 - 493

40. Machining tests to identify kinematic errors of machine tool table rotation axis based on sensitive directions

    • Ya Zhang
    • Jian-zhong Fu
    • Zi-chen Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 02 October 2012 Pages: 495 - 500

41. Stability analysis for the crankshaft grinding machine subjected to a variable-position worktable

    • K. C. Cha
    • N. Wang
    • J. Y. Liao

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 30 September 2012 Pages: 501 - 516

42. An investigation on wear mechanism of high-speed turning of free-cutting steel AISI 1215 using uncoated and multi-layer coated tools

    • Jinyang Xu
    • Zhiqiang Liu
    • Ming Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 October 2012 Pages: 517 - 533

43. Machining optimization using swarm intelligence in titanium (6Al 4V) alloy

    • Indira G. Escamilla-Salazar
    • Luis M. Torres-Treviño
    • Patricia C. Zambrano

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 25 September 2012 Pages: 535 - 544

44. Study of the impact of riveting sequence, rivet pitch, and gap between sheets on the quality of riveted lap joints using finite element method

    • Faisal Aman
    • S. Hossein Cheraghi
    • Hamid Lankarani

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 October 2012 Pages: 545 - 562

45. An agent-based modeling approach to analyze the impact of warehouse congestion on cost and performance

    • Brian L. Heath
    • Frank W. Ciarallo
    • Raymond R. Hill

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 09 October 2012 Pages: 563 - 574

46. Possibilistic inventory and supplier selection model for an assembly system

    • Ghazal Assadipour
    • Jafar Razmi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2012 Pages: 575 - 587

47. Influence of cutting edge radius on surface integrity and burr formation in milling titanium

    • Carl-Frederik Wyen
    • Dominik Jaeger
    • Konrad Wegener

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 September 2012 Pages: 589 - 599

48. Using specially designed high-stiffness burnishing tool to achieve high-quality surface finish

    • Branko Tadic
    • Petar M. Todorovic
    • Djordje Vukelic

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 September 2012 Pages: 601 - 611

49. Relationship between subsurface damage and surface roughness of glass BK7 in rotary ultrasonic machining and conventional grinding processes

    • Dongxi Lv
    • Yanhua Huang
    • Hongxiang Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 September 2012 Pages: 613 - 622

50. Effect of pulse current on thermal performance and deep drawing of SiCp/2024Al composite sheet

    • B. Wang
    • G. F. Wang
    • K. F. Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 September 2012 Pages: 623 - 627