Applying hierarchical tabu search to an adapted version of the flexible job shop problem

The scheduling departments of batch manufacturing plants have to repeatedly solve a complex scheduling problem for the operation of their production lines. This problem can be modeled as a flexible job shop problem (FJSP) in which a set of operations has to be assigned to a set of machines and then the order of operations on each machine has to...

Effect of chain flexibility in the network structure on the viscoelasticity of epoxy thermosets

In this paper a detailed study in investigating the effect of the chain flexibility in epoxy-amine crosslinked network is done. In order to introduce flexibility into the crosslinked network a homologous series of four aliphatic diamine curing agents varying only in the chain length and having a constant functionality (f?=?4) is taken and cured...

Emerging Neighbourhoods: Or why piece-by-piece urbanism leads to flexible and diverse city development

The development of flexible neighbourhoods, by using research from complexity theory and analysis of historical neighbourhoods.