Editorial member


Sergio Fichera University of Catania, Italy
Email: sfichera@diim.unict.it


Sergio Fichera

Costa, A., Fichera, S. Response to Cuckoo optimization algorithm for unit production cost in multi-pass turning operations [Int J AdvManufTechnol (2015) 76(1):647–656] (2018) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 94 (1-4), pp. 57-58.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. A hybrid genetic algorithm for minimizing makespan in a flow-shop sequence-dependent group scheduling problem (2017) Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 28 (6), pp. 1269-1283.

Costa, A., Fichera, S. Economic statistical design of ARMA control chart through a Modified Fitness-based Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution (2017) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 105, pp. 174-189.

Fichera, S., Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A. Heterogeneous workers with learning ability assignment in a cellular manufacturing system (2017) International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 8 (4), pp. 427-440.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. Total tardiness minimization in a parallel machine system with flexible periodic maintenance (2016) Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 33 (7), pp. 485-494.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. Minimizing the total completion time on a parallel machine system with tool changes (2016) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 91, pp. 290-301.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F., Fichera, S. Minimizing the total tardiness for the tool change scheduling problem on parallel machines (2016) International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, 7 (2), pp. 283-294.

Costa, A., Alfieri, A., Matta, A., Fichera, S. A parallel tabu search for solving the primal buffer allocation problem in serial production systems (2015) Computers and Operations Research, 64, art. no. 3795, pp. 97-112.

Fichera, S., Costa, A., Cappadonna, F. Scheduling jobs families with learning effect on the setup (2015) Advances in Operations Research, 2015, art. no. 124258, .

Giovanni, C., Castagliola, P., Faraz, A., Fichera, S. Statistical performance of a control chart for individual observations monitoring the ratio of two normal variables (2014) Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 30 (8), pp. 1361-1377.

Faraz, A., Celano, G., Saniga, E., Heuchenne, C., Fichera, S. The variable parameters T2chart with run rules (2014) Statistical Papers, 55 (4), pp. 933-950.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. Joint optimization of a flow-shop group scheduling with sequence dependent set-up times and skilled workforce assignment (2014) International Journal of Production Research, 52 (9), pp. 2696-2728.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. A novel genetic algorithm for the hybrid flow shop scheduling with parallel batching and eligibility constraints (2014) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 75 (5-8), pp. 833-847.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. A hybrid metaheuristic approach for minimizing the total flow time in a flow shop sequence dependent group scheduling problem (2014) Algorithms, 7 (3), pp. 376-396.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. Heuristics for single machine scheduling problem with release dates, deteriorating effect and skilled workforce with learning ability (2014) Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, 13 (2), pp. 73-88.

Costa, A., Fichera, S., Cappadonna, F.A. A genetic algorithm for scheduling both jobs families and skilled workforce (2013) International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, 19 (4), pp. 221-247.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. A hybrid genetic algorithm for job sequencing and worker allocation in parallel unrelated machines with sequence-dependent setup times (2013) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 69 (9-12), pp. 2799-2817.

Fichera, S., Cappadonna, F., Costa, A., Fichera, A. A Simulated annealing algorithm for single machine scheduling problem with release dates, learning and deteriorating effects (2013) Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science, 1 LNECS, pp. 584-586.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S., Nenes, G. The variable sample size t control chart for monitoring short production runs (2013) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 66 (9-12), pp. 1353-1366.

Costa, A., Cappadonna, F.A., Fichera, S. A dual encoding-based meta-heuristic algorithm for solving a constrained hybrid flow shop scheduling problem (2013) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 64 (4), pp. 937-958.

Cappadonna, F.A., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Makespan minimization of unrelated parallel machines with limited human resources (2013) Procedia CIRP, 12, pp. 450-455.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S. Comparison of the X̄ chart and the t chart when the parameters are estimated (2013) Quality Technology and Quantitative Management, 10 (1), pp. 1-16.

Celano, G., Castagliola, P., Fichera, S., Nenes, G. Performance of t control charts in short runs with unknown shift sizes (2013) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 64 (1), pp. 56-68.

Cappadonna, F.A., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Three genetic algorithm approaches to the unrelated parallel machine scheduling problem with limited human resources (2012) IJCCI 2012 - Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence, pp. 170-175.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S., Tringali, G. Linking Six Sigma to simulation: A new roadmap to improve the quality of patient care (2012) International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 25 (4), pp. 254-273.

Fichera, S. Group scheduling in a flow shop with limited buffer capacity and workers skill effect (2012) International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, 18 (1), pp. 1-15.

Celano, G., Castagliola, P., Trovato, E., Fichera, S. The economic performance of the Shewhart t chart (2012) Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 28 (2), pp. 159-180.

Cappadonna, F.A., Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. A new approach for solving Hybrid Flowshop scheduling problems through evolutionary algorithms (2011) 41st International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering 2011, pp. 68-73.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Flow shop group scheduling with limited buffer capacity and different workforce (2011) ICINCO 2011 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, 2, pp. 486-491.

Celano, G., De Magalhães, M.S., Costa, A.F.B., Fichera, S. A stochastic shift model for economically designed charts constrained by the process stage configuration (2011) International Journal of Production Economics, 132 (2), pp. 315-325.

Celano, G., Castagliola, P., Trovato, E., Fichera, S. Shewhart and EWMA t control charts for short production runs (2011) Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 27 (3), pp. 313-326.

Costa, A., Celano, G., Fichera, S. Optimization of multi-pass turning economies through a hybrid particle swarm optimization technique (2011) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 53 (5-8), pp. 421-433.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Constrained economic design of S control charts for random process shifts (2011) International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 28 (3), pp. 298-316.

Costa, A., Celano, G., Fichera, S., Trovato, E. A new efficient encoding/decoding procedure for the design of a supply chain network with genetic algorithms (2010) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 59 (4), pp. 986-999.

Trovato, E., Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S. Economic design of inspection strategies to monitor dispersion in short production runs (2010) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 59 (4), pp. 887-897.

Compagno, L., Fichera, S., Guglielmino, M.G., D'Urso, D. An innovative use of RFID technology to transfer production data (2010) International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, 16 (2), pp. 109-133.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S. A Johnson’s type transformation EWMA-S2 control chart (2010) International Journal of Quality Engineering and Technology, 1 (3), pp. 253-275.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Constrained scheduling of the inspection activities on semiconductor wafers grouped in families with sequence-dependent set-up times (2010) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 46 (5-8), pp. 695-705.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S., Santangelo, B. Pallet configuration for approaching mapping requirements on devices (2009) Design of Flexible Production Systems: Methodologies and Tools, pp. 113-135.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S. A new CUSUM-S2 control chart for monitoring the process variance (2009) Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 15 (4), pp. 344-357.

Gabriella Guglielmino, M., Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Modelling a radiology department service using a VDL integrated approach (2009) Journal of Health Organization and Management, 23 (4), pp. 376-395.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S., Trovato, E. An efficient genetic-dynamic programming procedure to design Bayesian control charts (2009) International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, 26 (8), pp. 831-848.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S. Economic-statistical design of a logarithmic transformed S2 EWMA chart (2008) Springer Series in Reliability Engineering, 18, pp. 375-405.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S., Trovato, E. One-sided Bayesian S2 Control charts for the control of process dispersion in finite production runs (2008) International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 15 (4), pp. 305-327.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S., Nunnari, V. A variable sample size S2-EWMA control chart for monitoring the process variance (2008) International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, 15 (3), pp. 181-201.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Scheduling of unrelated parallel manufacturing cells with limited human resources (2008) International Journal of Production Research, 46 (2), pp. 405-427.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S. Economic-statistical design of an S EWMA control chart for monitoring process variability (2007) Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 13 (3), pp. 304-320.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S., Giuffrida, F. A variable sampling interval S2-EWMA control chart for monitoring the process variance (2007) International Journal of Technology Management, 37 (1-2), pp. 125-146.

Castagliola, P., Celano, G., Fichera, S. Economic-statistical design of a logarithmic transformed S2 EWMA chart (2006) 2006 Proceedings - 12th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, pp. 205-209.

Celano, G., Fichera, S., Guglielmino, M.G., Trefiletti, M. Activity simulation within a radiology department with limited nurse resources (2006) IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline), 12 (PART 1), 6 p.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Statistical design of variable sample size and sampling interval X̄ control charts with run rules (2006) International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 28 (9), pp. 966-977.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Process planning in manufacturing e-marketplaces: The process planner agent (2005) Designing and Evaluating Value Added Services in Manufacturing E-Market Places, pp. 45-66.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Optimization procedures for the economic design of one sided X Bayesian control charts (2004) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality, Reliability, and Maintenance, QRM 2004, pp. 205-208.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. A comparative analysis of sequencing heuristics for solving the Toyota Goal Chasing problem (2004) Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 20 (6 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 573-581.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S., Perrone, G. Human factor policy testing in the sequencing of manual mixed model assembly lines (2004) Computers and Operations Research, 31 (1), pp. 39-59.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. An evolutionary algorithm for pure fuzzy flowshop scheduling problems (2003) International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowlege-Based Systems, 11 (6), pp. 655-669.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S. Constrained scheduling of jobs with different due dates in a flowshop (2002) Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 7, pp. 292-297.

Costa, A., Celano, G., Fichera, S. Fuzzy scheduling of a flexible assembly line through evolutionary algorithms (2001) Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 4, pp. 2251-2256.

Celano, G., Fichera, S., Fratini, L., Micari, F. The application of AI techniques in the optimal design of multi-pass cold drawing processes (2001) Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 113 (1-3), pp. 680-685.

Celano, G., Costa, A., Fichera, S., Perrone, G. Fuzzy scheduling of a flexible assembly line through an evolutionary algorithm (2000) Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1, pp. 328-333.

Chibaro, E., Fichera, S., Muscato, G. Octane number prediction in a reforming plant (2000) Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 4, pp. 403-407.

Celano, G., Fichera, S. Multiobjective economic design of an X control chart (1999) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 37 (1), pp. 129-132.

Celano, G., Fichera, S., Grasso, V., La Commare, U., Perrone, G. Evolutionary approach to multi-objective scheduling of mixed model assembly lines (1999) Computers and Industrial Engineering, 37 (1), pp. 69-73.

Di Lorenzo, R., Fichera, S., Grasso, V. Scheduling a cellular manufacturing system with GA (1998) International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Electronic Systems, Proceedings, KES, 3, pp. 116-125.

Fichera, S., Grasso, V., Lombardo, A., Lo Valvo, E. Genetic algorithms efficiency in flow shop scheduling (1995) Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, pp. 261-270.