OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Fixturing-driven determination of multi-product assembly plans in the context of product variety and reconfiguration	69
An efficient metaheuristic algorithm for the organ transplant logistics network considering urban traffic and cold ischemia constraints	62
Liner feeder service network design problem for joint operation: a case study from China	41
A Benders decomposition approach for planning home blood donations	37
Multi-objective human–robot collaborative two-sided assembly line balancing problem with the optimization of ergonomics and energy consumption	30
In the driver’s seat: the role of transformational leadership in safe and productive truck cargo transport	29
Improving access to emergency medical services using advanced air mobility vehicles	27
Elite solutions and Tabu assisted variable neighbourhood descent for rescheduling problems in the steelmaking-refining-continuous casting process	25
Valuing labor flexibility in cross-training using a real options approach	24
Machine-based identification system via optical character recognition	23
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model parallel robotic assembly lines considering energy consumption	22
Smart scheduling of hanging workshop via digital twin and deep reinforcement learning	20
Dynamic product planning for online service platform coordinating with service agents and operations resource providers: a three-level optimization approach	20
Potentials of using real-time data to increase the update frequency of production planning and control strategies in MTO: a discrete event simulation study	18
Multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for the integrated patient-to-room and nurse-to-patient assignment problem	18
Assigning orders and pods to picking stations in a multi-level robotic mobile fulfillment system	18
Combining multiple delivery systems for urban logistics by ALNS-based route planning	17
Artificial intelligence methodologies for advanced decision processes in healthcare organizations	17
An effective heuristic algorithm for void fills insertion in e-commerce parcel boxes: a smart packaging system	17
A restless bandit approach for capacitated condition based maintenance scheduling	16
Three-stage service network design in rail-road networks with demand and capacity uncertainty	15
Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review	15
A first optimization approach to parameterize demand-driven MRP in the presence of multiple products and finite capacity	14
A hybrid metaheuristic framework integrating starting time criticality for the discrete time/resource trade-off problem under uncertainty	14
Multi-objective restarted simulated annealing algorithm for assembly line balancing problem with collaborative robots considering ergonomics risks	14

A dynamic flexible job shop scheduling method based on collaborative agent reinforcement learning	13
Balancing and sequencing of mixed-model assembly line considering preventive maintenance scenarios: mathematical model and a migrating birds optimization algorithm	12
A reinforcement learning/ad-hoc planning and scheduling mechanism for flexible and sustainable manufacturing systems	12
Puzzle-based movable rack system with diagonal movements and class-based storage policy	12
Digital twin-based storage tank scheduling for unloading and transport operations at a liquid bulk terminal	11
Uses and challenges of digital twins-based augmented reality in operator training and data visualization in process manufacturing lines	11
30th international conference on flexible automation and intelligent manufacturing (FAIM2021) special issue: modern manufacturing systems management	11
Integrated planning approach for fleet sizing and fleet management of freight railcars	10
Correction: Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new frst-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	10
Scheduling with constraint programming in the dynamic and stochastic environment of a semiconductor photolithography area	10
Leveraging digital twin to enhance humanitarian logistics operations	10
Machine as a smart service: a hybrid knowledge graph approach	10
Clusters of floor locations-allocation of stores to cross-docking warehouse considering satisfaction and space using MOGWO and NSGA-II algorithms	9
Dynamic optimal pricing considering advertising and improvement quality strategies over product life-cycle horizon	9
Robust berth scheduling using machine learning for vessel arrival time prediction	9
Capacity planning in a decentralized autologous cell therapy manufacturing network for low-cost resilience	9
An analysis of energy-efficient production control strategies in serial systems with two nonidentical machines	8
An improved genetic algorithm for multi-objective painted body storage scheduling problem	8
Real-time rescheduling for smart shop floors: an integrated method	8
Robotic stochastic assembly line balancing	8
Multi-resource constrained scheduling considering process plan flexibility and lot streaming for the CNC machining industry	7
Integrated storage assignment for an E-grocery fulfilment centre: accounting for day-of-week demand patterns	7
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs in an automated container terminal considering battery swapping and battery degradation	7
A distributionally robust optimization method based on moment uncertain set for assembly line balancing problem under uncertainty	7
Balancing picking and outbound loading efficiency in an SBS/RS through a digital twin	6
Integrated model assignment and multi-line balancing in human–robot collaborative mixed-model assembly lines	6
Correction to: Anticipating technical car sequencing rules in the master production scheduling of mixed-model assembly lines	6
Constraint programming models for parallel robotic assembly line balancing problems considering energy-efficiency	6
On a bi-objective distributed permutation flow shop problem with batch processing machines	6
Lean and Industry 4.0 mitigating common losses in Engineer-to-Order theory and practice: an exploratory study	6
Data-driven aggregate modeling of a semiconductor wafer fab to predict WIP levels and cycle time distributions	6
Correction: A memetic NSGA‑II for the multi‑objective flexible job shop scheduling problem with real‑time energy tariffs	6
A review of current trends and future directions in reverse logistics research	5
Collaborative robot integration in mixed-model assembly line balancing with ergonomic risk considerations	5
Production of blood components from donated units: literature review, areas for improvement, and research perspectives	5
Formulations and exact solution approaches for a coupled bin-packing and lot-sizing problem with sequence-dependent setups	5
Infrastructure planning, fleet sizing, and scheduling for E-public transport	5
Berth planning and real-time disruption recovery: a simulation study for a tidal port	5
Assessment of coal supply chain under carbon trade policy by extended exergy accounting method	5
The impact of random supply capacity on a loss-averse firm in the presence of strategic customers	5
Designing a computer-vision-based artifact for automated quality control: a case study in the food industry	5
Improving repair operations with remote diagnosis: a case-based simulation for white goods	5
Multi-period integrated production and delivery scheduling to enhance online orders fulfillment considering due dates	5
Decision-making process analysis in intensive care units under high occupancy conditions	5
Addressing missing values and fragmented data to improve core and management processes in hospitals: a federated machine learning approach	5
Service-oriented multi-stakeholder collaborative network optimization for EoL batteries recycling	4
A material handling system modeling framework: a data-driven approach for the generation of discrete-event simulation models	4
Material flow control in make-to-stock production systems: an assessment of order generation, order release and production authorization by simulation	4
Improved swarm-based metaheuristics for optimizing human–robot collaborative assembly lines with multi-type collaborative robots	4
A machine learning framework for explainable knowledge mining and production, maintenance, and quality control optimization in flexible circular manufacturing systems	4

Mixed case multi-size palletization problems with fragile and conflicting items for emergency response scenario	4
Co-opetition behaviors of capital-constrained retailers in a closed-loop supply chain with pricing and recycling decisions	4
Joint optimization of production, maintenance, and distribution planning in a multi-site environment	4
Design and calibration of a DRL algorithm for solving the job shop scheduling problem under unexpected job arrivals	4
Cooperative and non-cooperative algorithms for distributed parallel jobs scheduling	4
Optimizing production levels in maritime inventory routing with load-dependent speed optimization	4
Joint evaluation of surgical patient scheduling and admission policies with bed management	4
To share or not to share? Remanufacturing design responsibility in an authorized remanufactured supply chain	4
The impacts of stockout cost on a stochastic production-inventory system in minimizing total cost conditional value-at-risk	4
Reinforcement learning in the context of container terminals	4
Using mathematical modeling to meet service levels in production planning in market foundries	4
A stack-based retrieval method for the steel plate yard retrieval problem in shipbuilding	4
Berth and yard scheduling optimization for a port with diagonal yard layout	3
Reimbursement policy considering patient revisits from online to offline in a public healthcare system	3
Adaptive large neighborhood search for the pickup and delivery problem with nonlinear charging and load-dependent discharging using autonomous mobile robots	3
Realization-based robust assignments for a nurse-to-patient assignment problem in home health care services	3
Tiered prediction models for port vessel emissions inventories	3
Optimization of multi-item perishable inventories with heterogeneous demand and integrated promotional profit under structured replenishment strategies	3
Human-centric training in digital logistics environments: a controlled comparison of virtual reality and text-based instruction for manual order picking	3
A deep Q network algorithm for a car resequencing problem in automobile factories	3
How information systems can support labor flexibility implementation: enhanced information architecture framework for industry 5.0	3
Scheduling offshore cargo handling with operational dynamics including cost composites, downtime periods, and cargo attributes	3
A digital twin-driven flexible scheduling method in a human–machine collaborative workshop based on hierarchical reinforcement learning	3
Research on the flexible job-shop scheduling problem considering AGV transport time based on proximal policy optimization with a graph isomorphism network	3
Integrated maintenance and production scheduling for unrelated parallel machines with setup times	3
Cut the scrap? the impact of truck age on driver retention, driving safety, and driving productivity	3
Day-ahead demand response decision and charging planning for multiple battery swapping stations	3
Simulation of worker collaboration in production cell based on hybrid model under fluctuating environment	3
Interpretable chip-quality classification with signal and feature selection in wire bonding	2
Research on the evolution law of supply chain disruption based on Complex Adaptive System	2
Decision modeling of the challenges to human–robot collaboration in industrial environment: a real world example of an emerging economy	2
Measuring the performance of medical waste recycling systems in China’s new first-tier cities with a novel bounded adjusted measure model	2
The emission reduction cooperation in a supply chain with corporate social responsibility	2
Managing premature idleness in high-variety manufacturing	2
A genetic algorithm for seafood processing with flexible flow shops and sequence-dependent setups	2
Robust scheduling approach for job shop manufacturing systems with sequential flexibility	2
Process reuse-based machining process knowledge graph construction and process planning approach	2
An integrated scheduling method for AGVs based on a multi-stage threshold charging strategy in automated container terminals	2
Deep reinforcement learning-driven graph attention network for flexible job-shop scheduling with automated guided vehicles	2
Multi-objective-based differential evolution for balancing production cost, diversity and aggregated performance attributes in product family design	2
A simulation–optimization approach for defining long-term staffing levels at healthcare facilities	2
Human-Robot collaboration in the next generation manufacturing and logistics system	2
Using diversity for optimizing cycle time for a pick-and-place machine	2
Modelling forgetting due to intermittent production in mixed-model line scheduling	2
No-wait lines optimisation: a procedure based on scheduling enhanced by digital twin	2
On temporally bounded spatial dynamic sampling for metrology optimization	2
Traceable digital twin for accurate positioning of industrial robot arms in human–robot collaborative systems	2
Train maintenance personnel shift scheduling: case study	2
Research on intelligent guided configuration of individualized products based on knowledge graph	2
Digitalization trends and industry 4.0: ensuring knowledge workers’ sustainable productivity and innovative capability	2
Leveraging large language models for enhanced risk management in green supply chains	2
Algorithms for minimization of total flow time to achieve resilience in a flow shop environment	2
A digital twin modeling method of production lines based on flexible manufacturing	2
The shunting scheduling of EMU first-level maintenance in a stub-end depot	2