Search Results - "Otto, Alena"

Optimization approaches for civil applications of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or aerial drones: A survey by Otto, Alena, Agatz, Niels, Campbell, James, Golden, Bruce, Pesch, Erwin

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or aerial drones, are an emerging technology with significant market potential. UAVs may lead to substantial cost savings in,…”
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Intelligent design of sensor networks for data-driven sensor maintenance at railways by Otto, Alena, Tilk, Christian

“…With rapid advances in digitization, many critical processes in transportation, industries, and our daily life rely on sensor measurements. With time, however,…”
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Incorporating ergonomic risks into assembly line balancing by Otto, Alena, Scholl, Armin

“…In manufacturing, control of ergonomic risks at manual workplaces is a necessity commanded by legislation, care for health of workers and economic…”
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Reducing physical ergonomic risks at assembly lines by line balancing and job rotation: A survey by Otto, Alena, Battaïa, Olga

“…•Ergonomic risks (ER) should be taken into account in the operational planning.•We provide a literature survey on operational planning that considers physical…”
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Product sequencing in multiple-piece-flow assembly lines by Otto, Alena, Li, Xiyu

“…•We investigate product sequencing in multiple-piece-flow assembly lines.•We set up an integer program and describe problem properties.•We design an effective…”
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Scheduling in manufacturing with transportation: Classification and solution techniques by Hosseini, Amir, Otto, Alena, Pesch, Erwin

“…Many modern manufacturing settings feature especially close relationship of the transportation of workpieces between production steps with the scheduling of…”
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Overcoming poor data quality: Optimizing validation of precedence relation data by Finnah, Benedikt, Gönsch, Jochen, Otto, Alena

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How to design effective priority rules: Example of simple assembly line balancing by Otto, Alena, Otto, Christian

“…•We formulate general principles for design of effective priority rule-based methods (PRBM).•These are principles of aggregation, combination and random…”
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Preventing ergonomic risks with integrated planning on assembly line balancing and parts feeding by Battini, Daria, Calzavara, Martina, Otto, Alena, Sgarbossa, Fabio

“…In this paper, we advise to perform assembly line balancing simultaneously with decision-making on parts feeding. Such integrated planning may open additional…”
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Rail platooning: Scheduling trains along a rail corridor with rapid-shunting facilities by Schwerdfeger, Stefan, Otto, Alena, Boysen, Nils

“…•This paper investigates the platooning of trains along a rail corridor.•We model the problem as a MIP and prove computational complexity.•We evaluate train…”
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Extending assembly line balancing problem by incorporating learning effects by Otto, Christian, Otto, Alena

“…In the ramp-up phase, or time to volume of new products, pronounced learning effects are observed. They are present especially on assembly lines producing…”
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Systematic data generation and test design for solution algorithms on the example of SALBPGen for assembly line balancing by Otto, Alena, Otto, Christian, Scholl, Armin

“…► Guidelines for systematic testing of algorithm’s performance. ► New generator for realistic and diversified line balancing instances. ► Analysis and new…”
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Future trends in management and operation of assembly systems: from customized assembly systems to cyber-physical systems by Battaïa, Olga, Otto, Alena, Sgarbossa, Fabio, Pesch, Erwin

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Reducing ergonomic risks by job rotation scheduling by Otto, Alena, Scholl, Armin

“…The proverb “a change is as good as a rest” expresses one of the main advantages of job rotation. In this article, we examine ways to set-up effective job…”
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The train-to-yard assignment problem by Otto, Alena, Pesch, Erwin

“…The train-to-yard assignment problem (TYAP) pertains to freight consolidation in a large rail transshipment yard—also called a multiple yard—that consists of…”
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Multiple-source learning precedence graph concept for the automotive industry by Otto, Christian, Otto, Alena

“…•Lack of data prevents applying assembly line balancing algorithms in practice.•A learning precedence graph approach offers a low cost solution for this…”
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Ergonomic workplace design in the fast pick area by Otto, Alena, Boysen, Nils, Scholl, Armin, Walter, Rico

“…The aging society in many developed countries has made an ergonomic workplace design to an important topic among researchers and practitioners alike. We…”
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Shunting operations at flat yards: retrieving freight railcars from storage tracks by Jaehn, Florian, Otto, Alena, Seifried, Kilian

“…In this paper, we study the railcar retrieval problem (RRT) in which specified numbers of certain types of railcars must be withdrawn from the storage tracks…”
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Two-Way Bounded Dynamic Programming Approach for Operations Planning in Transshipment Yards by Otto, Alena, Li, Xiyu, Pesch, Erwin

“…We propose a two-way bounded dynamic programming (TBDP) approach to deal with situations, when it takes a long time to evaluate the value function in the state…”
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Special Issue on “Sustainable and Responsive Transportation and Logistics” by González‐Ramírez, Rosa G., Leung, Janny, Otto, Alena, Pesch, Erwin

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