Advances in Mathematics for Industry 4.0

Chapter 2

Optimization techniques to support decision-making processes via MSM—an Industry 4.0 approach

Paulo Peças¹, Beatriz Gonçalves², Bruno Rocha², Diogo Jorge³ and António Baptista⁴,    ¹1IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,    ²2Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,    ³3EfficiencyRising, Erising, Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal,    ⁴4INEGI – Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Porto, Portugal

Abstract

In the past few decades, a generalized awareness and concern for sustainability issues has been gaining increasing relevance. Resources mapping (as well as time and cost) is an important task for decision-making toward sustainable production, ...