1. Global sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimisation of loading path in tube hydroforming process based on metamodelling techniques

   • Anis Ben Abdessalem
   • Abdelkhalak El-Hami

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 December 2013 Pages: 753 - 773

2. Design of integrated information system and supply chain for selection of new facility and suppliers by a unique hybrid meta-heuristic computer simulation algorithm

   • A. Azadeh
   • A. Keramati
   • P. Pourhaji

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 December 2013 Pages: 775 - 793

3. Research on a kind of assembly sequence planning based on immune algorithm and particle swarm optimization algorithm

   • Hanye Zhang
   • Haijiang Liu
   • Lingyu Li

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 December 2013 Pages: 795 - 808

4. Real-time recognition of ball bearing states for the enhancement of precision, quality, efficiency, safety, and automation of manufacturing

   • Tien-I Liu
   • Junyi Lee
   • George Liu

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 December 2013 Pages: 809 - 816

5. Improving surface integrity in finish machining of Inconel 718 alloy using intelligent systems

   • Farshid Jafarian
   • Hossein Amirabadi
   • Mehdi Fattahi

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 11 December 2013 Pages: 817 - 827

6. Application of a modified VIKOR method for decision-making problems in lean tool selection

   • Alireza Anvari
   • Norzima Zulkifli
   • Omid Arghish

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 December 2013 Pages: 829 - 841

7. A comprehensive blank development method for forming sheet metal parts

   • Jianjun Wu
   • Xin Wu
   • Hakim Naceur

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 December 2013 Pages: 843 - 855

8. A type-2 fuzzy expert system based on a hybrid inference method for steel industry

   • M. H. Fazel Zarandi
   • R. Gamasaee
   • I. B. Turksen

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 December 2013 Pages: 857 - 885

   

9. Position error compensation of semi-closed loop servo system using support vector regression and fuzzy PID control

   • C. Deng
   • S. Q. Xie
   • X. Y. Shao

   ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 December 2013 Pages: 887 - 898

10. A benchmarking framework for product lifecycle management (PLM) maturity models

    • Enrico Vezzetti
    • Maria Grazia Violante
    • Federica Marcolin

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 13 December 2013 Pages: 899 - 918

11. Stepwise approach to reduce the costs and environmental impacts of grinding processes

    • Marius Winter
    • Wen Li
    • Christoph Herrmann

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 December 2013 Pages: 919 - 931

12. A study on natural aging behavior and mechanical properties of friction stir-welded AA6061-T6 plates

    • H. Jamshidi Aval
    • S. Serajzadeh

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 December 2013 Pages: 933 - 941

13. Kinematics analysis and numerical simulation of a manipulator based on virtual prototyping

    • Bin He
    • Lizhi Han
    • Lilan Liu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 December 2013 Pages: 943 - 963

14. Research on single-point diamond turning of optical cantilever parts

    • Guipeng Tie
    • Yifan Dai
    • Ziqiang Yin

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 14 December 2013 Pages: 965 - 971

15. Optimization for process plans in sheet metal forming

    • Silke Wagner
    • Madan Sathe
    • Olaf Schenk

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 15 December 2013 Pages: 973 - 982

16. A vision-aided automation system for destructive web thickness measurement of microdrills

    • Wen-Tung Chang
    • Shui-Fa Chuang
    • Fang-Jung Shiou

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 December 2013 Pages: 983 - 1003

    

17. Kinematic and dynamic modeling of viscoelastic robotic manipulators using Timoshenko beam theory: theory and experiment

    • M. H. Korayem
    • A. M. Shafei
    • A. Azimi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 17 December 2013 Pages: 1005 - 1018

    

18. Influence of the edge rounding process on the behaviour of blanked parts: numerical predictions with experimental correlation

    • Mohamed Achouri
    • Eric Gildemyn
    • Alain Potiron

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 December 2013 Pages: 1019 - 1032

19. Two meta-heuristics for a multi-period minisum location–relocation problem with line restriction

    • N. Javadian
    • R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam
    • S. Shiripour

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 18 December 2013 Pages: 1033 - 1048

20. Face-milling spiral bevel gear tooth surfaces by application of 5-axis CNC machine tool

    • Xiao-zhong Deng
    • Geng-geng Li
    • Jing Deng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 19 December 2013 Pages: 1049 - 1057

21. A turnpike approach to solving the linear bottleneck assignment problem

    • Ching-Chung Kuo
    • Gillian Nicholls

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 December 2013 Pages: 1059 - 1068

22. Extension of the definition of tolerance and an application thereof in the calculation of dimension chains

    • Xiaohui Wang
    • Chao Sun
    • Lulu Liang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 20 December 2013 Pages: 1069 - 1076

23. Process modeling and CFD simulation of two-way abrasive flow machining

    • S. Wan
    • Y. J. Ang
    • G. C. Lim

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2013 Pages: 1077 - 1086

24. Numerical simulation ultrahigh waterjet (WJ) flow field with the high-frequency velocity vibration at the nozzle inlet

    • Rongguo Hou
    • Chuanzhen Huang
    • Hongtao Zhu

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 21 December 2013 Pages: 1087 - 1092

25. An experimental investigation of dry cutting performance for machining gray cast iron with carbide coating tool

    • Bin Li

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 December 2013 Pages: 1093 - 1098

26. Algorithm and intelligent tutoring system design for programmable controller programming

    • Sheng-Jen Hsieh
    • Yuan-Teng Cheng

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 24 December 2013 Pages: 1099 - 1115

    

27. Force and thermal effects in vibration-assisted grinding

    • Prasanna M. Mahaddalkar
    • Michele H. Miller

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 December 2013 Pages: 1117 - 1122

28. Energy efficiency techniques in machining process: a review

    • Zhang Yingjie

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 27 December 2013 Pages: 1123 - 1132

29. Multi-objective optimization of machining parameters considering energy consumption

    • Qiulian Wang
    • Fei Liu
    • Xianglian Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 28 December 2013 Pages: 1133 - 1142

30. Investigating the surface quality of the burnished brass C3605—fuzzy rule-based approach

    • Ahmed A. D. Sarhan
    • N. S. M. El-Tayeb

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 29 December 2013 Pages: 1143 - 1150

31. Investigating and removing the re-sticky debris on tungsten carbide in electrical discharge machining

    • Shih-Hsien Chou
    • A-Cheng Wang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 January 2014 Pages: 1151 - 1158

32. Chatter stability for micromilling processes with flat end mill

    • Qinghua Song
    • Zhanqiang Liu
    • Zhenyu Shi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 January 2014 Pages: 1159 - 1174

33. An accurate surface error optimization for five-axis machining of freeform surfaces

    • Zhiwei Lin
    • Jianzhong Fu
    • Wenfeng Gan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 January 2014 Pages: 1175 - 1185

34. A mathematical model for production planning in hybrid manufacturing-remanufacturing systems

    • M. Chen
    • P. Abrishami

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 03 January 2014 Pages: 1187 - 1196

35. Reliability assessment of cutting tool life based on surrogate approximation methods

    • Konstantinos Salonitis
    • Athanasios Kolios

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 04 January 2014 Pages: 1197 - 1208

36. Experimental sensing of the keyhole exit deviation from the torch axis in plasma arc welding

    • Z. M. Liu
    • C. S. Wu
    • M. A. Chen

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 04 January 2014 Pages: 1209 - 1219

37. The tribological properties of nanofluid used in minimum quantity lubrication grinding

    • Cong Mao
    • Yong Huang
    • Zhixiong Zhou

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 04 January 2014 Pages: 1221 - 1228

38. An intelligent hybrid meta-heuristic for solving a case of no-wait two-stage flexible flow shop scheduling problem with unrelated parallel machines

    • M. Rabiee
    • Reza Sadeghi Rad
    • R. Shafaei

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 04 January 2014 Pages: 1229 - 1245

39. Investigation and comparative analysis of plastic instability criteria: application to forming limit diagrams

    • Farid Abed-Meraim
    • Tudor Balan
    • Guillaume Altmeyer

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 04 January 2014 Pages: 1247 - 1262

40. Reentrant two-stage multiprocessor flow shop scheduling with due windows

    • Rong-Hwa Huang
    • Shun-Chi Yu
    • Chen-Wei Kuo

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 January 2014 Pages: 1263 - 1276

41. Development of SiO₂ nanolubrication system to be used in sliding bearings

    • S. Y. Sia
    • Eman Z. Bassyony
    • Ahmed A. D. Sarhan

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 January 2014 Pages: 1277 - 1284

42. Prediction of geometrical profile in slit rolling pass

    • Francesco Lambiase

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 January 2014 Pages: 1285 - 1293

43. Experimental evaluation of polycrystalline diamond tool geometries while drilling carbon fiber-reinforced plastics

    • Y. Karpat
    • B. Değer
    • O. Bahtiyar

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 January 2014 Pages: 1295 - 1307

44. Error prediction and compensation based on interference-free tool paths in blade milling

    • Ming-Hai Wang
    • Yue Sun

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 05 January 2014 Pages: 1309 - 1318

45. 3D FEM simulation of milling process for titanium alloy Ti6Al4V

    • H. B. Wu
    • S. J. Zhang

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 08 January 2014 Pages: 1319 - 1326

46. Evaluation of machining process by integrating 3D manufacturing dispersions, functional constraints, and the concept of small displacement torsors

    • Marouen Laifa
    • Wassila Bouzid Sai
    • Moncef Hbaieb

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2014 Pages: 1327 - 1336

47. Multiple dependent state variable sampling plans with process loss consideration

    • Muhammad Aslam
    • Ching-Ho Yen
    • Chi-Hyuck Jun

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2014 Pages: 1337 - 1343

48. Laser cutting of thick-section circular blanks: thermal stress prediction and microstructural analysis

    • Syed Sohail Akhtar

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2014 Pages: 1345 - 1358

49. Recognition of dynamic environments for robotic assembly on moving workpieces

    • Robert Schmitt
    • Yu Cai

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2014 Pages: 1359 - 1369

50. Robot evaluation and selection Part A: an integrated review and annotated taxonomy

    • D. E. Koulouriotis
    • M. K. Ketipi

    ORIGINAL ARTICLE 12 January 2014 Pages: 1371 - 1394