New paper titled “A New Aggregation Algorithm for Performance Metric Calculation in Serial Production Lines with Exponential Machines: Design, Accuracy and Robustness” is accepted for publication in International Journal of Production Research. Congratulations!
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New paper accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions
New paper titled “Real-Time Bottleneck in Serial Production Lines with Bernoulli Machines: Theory and Case Study” is accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Congratulations!
Two papers accepted for presentation at CASE 2020
Two papers titled “Estimation of Machine Parameters in Exponential Serial Lines using Feedforward Neural Networks” and “Parameter Identification for Multiple-Machine Bernoulli Lines using Statistical Learning Methods” are accepted by the 16th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering held online.
New paper accepted for presentation at ISFA 2020
New paper titled “Smart Production System Modeling: Bernoulli Serial Line Case” is accepted by the ISFA 2020 Virtual Conference.
Two papers accepted for presentation at CASE 2019
Two papers titled “An Accurate and Robust Algorithm for Performance Evaluation of Exponential Serial Lines with Finite Buffers” and “Dynamic Bottleneck in Serial Production Lines with Bernoulli Machines” are accepted by the 15th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering held at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Especially, The former one has been selected as a finalist for the Best Student Paper Award.
New paper submitted to IISE Transactions
Yishu Bai, Jiachen Tu and Mengzhuo Yang submitted their first journal paper to IISE Transactions for consideration of publication. The paper is on a new improvement aggregation for performance metric calculation in serial production lines with exponential machines. Congratulations! Hope the review process is smooth and constructive. Good luck!
Yishu Bai and Jiachen Tu join SPS Lab.
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Professor Liang Zhang attended IEEE CASE’18 in Munich, Germany
Professor Liang Zhang attended the 14th annual IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (IEEE CASE 2018) in Munich, Germany, August 20 to 24, 2018. He presented the paper “Transients of Synchronous Serial Production Lines with Non-Exponential Reliability Machines” co-authored by Mengzhuo Yang, Liang Zhang and Peter Denno.
Professor Liang Zhang visited DGIST, South Korea
Professor Liang Zhang visited DGIST, South Korea, from July 12 to July 20. He gave two seminars, “Production Systems Engineering in Action: Case Studies and Applications” and “New Advances in Production Systems Engineering: Transient Performance Analysis” and collaborated with faculty and students in theoretical research and industrial applications.
Weiji Han defended his PhD thesis and accepted an post-doc job offer
Weiji Han successfully defended his PhD thesis “System Modeling, Performance Evaluation, and Control of Battery System Charge Balance” on Apr. 25 and has recently accepted a post-doc job offer from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, to continue his research in the area of battery systems. Congratulations, Dr. Han!