Reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) is one of the trending paradigms toward a digitalised factory. With its rapid reconfiguring capability, finding a far-sighted scheduling policy is challenging. Reinforcement ...

The demand for increasing product variety and customization has forced many companies to adopt a make-to-order (MTO) strategy. Traditional push-type MTO companies suffer from unstable demands, struggling to deliver on time, ...

This work presents a framework to assess the robustness of manufacturing systems. Robustness, which is an indicator of the system’s ability to maintain its desired performance in face of disturbances, is quantified considering ...