Dr. Yuchen Li received his B.E. degrees in Systems Engineering from Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2010, and the M.Sc. degree in Operations Research from Columbia University, New York, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, in 2016. Since Nov. 2016, Dr. Li has been with the School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology. Dr. Yuchen Li is broadly interested in combinatorial optimization in manufacturing with particular emphasis on assembly line balancing area. His research generally involves the design of the intelligent production systems, applied mathematical modeling of manufacturing and industrial systems, and algorithm development.

• Preface.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 State of the art.- Chapter 3 Rebalancing an assembly line with disruptions.- Chapter 4 Two-sided assembly line balancing under uncertain task time attributes.- Chapter 5 System reliability optimization under uncertain task time attributes.- Chapter 6 Assembly line balancing under task learning and uncertain demand.- Chapter 7 A joint assembly line balancing and lot-sizing problem under uncertain demand.- References.