[EN] The definition of lot sizes represents one of the most important decisions in production planning. Lot-sizing turns into an increasingly complex set of decisions that requires efficient solution approaches, in response ...

[EN] In the last decade, the popularity of UAVs has increased tremendously. Nowadays, many researchers are interested in UAV swarms. Coordinating a swarm of UAVs is a complicated task and many problems should be addressed ...

[EN] For the last few years, Cloud computing has been considered an attractive high-performance computing platform for individuals as well as organizations. The Cloud service providers (CSPs) are setting up data centers ...

Linkages have been widely used in machines and deployable structures, but these mechanisms have rarely been employed in the design of movable bridges. This paper explores the use of linkages both to actuate the kinematic ...

This paper describes one approach to the design of reinforced concrete (RC) bridge piers, using a three-hybrid multiobjective simulated annealing (SA) algorithm with a neighborhood move based on the mutation operator from ...