Keyword: heuristics

Found 5460 papers in total
Approximate solutions to the turbine balancing problem
2001,
The turbine balancing problem (TBP) is an NP-Hard combinatorial optimization problem...
The capacitated dynamic lot size problem with variable technology
2000,
Traditionally, the technological coefficients in production models were assumed to be...
A genetic algorithm of determining cycle time for printed circuit board assembly lines
2001,
The problem of allocating components to a printed circuit board assembly line, which...
A study of simple rules for subcontracting in make-to-order manufacturing
2001,
We study a low volume component manufacturing operation facing order arrival rate...
Assortment planning in fashion retailing: methodology, application and analysis
2001,
Assortment planning is the process conducted by the retailer to determine the number...
Heuristics for determining economic processing rates in a flexible manufacturing system
2001,
In this paper, models are presented for determining economic processing speeds and...
Analysis of supplier buyer relationships using resource constrained project scheduling strategies
2001,
Many studies in the product development literature discuss the benefits of partnering...
A new heuristic and dominance relations for no-wait flowshops with setups
2001,
The two-machine no-wait flowshop problem, where setup times are considered separate...
An effective hybrid optimization strategy for job-shop scheduling problems
2001,
Simulated annealing is a naturally serial algorithm, but its behavior can be...
Minimizing makespan subject to minimum flowtime on two identical parallel machines
2001,
We consider the problem of scheduling jobs on two parallel identical machines where an...
The three-stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem
2001,
We consider the three-stage assembly flowshop scheduling problem with the objective of...
A heuristic for single machine scheduling with early and tardy costs
2001,
The problem of scheduling jobs with distinct ready times and due dates in a single...
Local search algorithms for the multiprocessor flow shop scheduling problem
2001,
The multiprocessor flow shop scheduling problem is a generalization of the ordinary...
A note on scheduling flowshops with flexible stage ordering
2001,
We develop an asymptotically optimal heuristic for the m -stage flowshop problem with...
Minmax earliness–tardiness costs with unit processing time jobs
2001,
The problem addressed in this paper is defined by M parallel identical machines, N...
Planning and sequencing heuristics for feature-based control of holonic machining equipment
2001,
The intelligent manufacturing system program was proposed by Japan in 1989. Five...
Unrelated parallel machine scheduling with setup consideration and a total weighted completion time objective
2001,
This paper addresses the problem of scheduling a set of independent jobs on unrelated...
Minimizing the expected total value of shortages for a population of items subject to practical restrictions on the reorder points
2001,
We address a problem of setting reorder points (expressed as time supplies) of a...
On solving unreliable planar location problems
2001,
In this paper, we generalize conventional P -median location problems by considering...
Heuristics for flexible employee scheduling
1999,
Approaches to manpower scheduling are dealt with in different problem areas where...
Heuristic methods for cost-oriented assembly line balancing: A comparison on solution quality and computing time
2001,
This paper is focused on the solution quality and computing time requirements of...
Machine loading problem of flexible manufacturing systems: A fuzzy-based heuristic approach
2001,
A fuzzy-based solution methodology has been formulated to address the machine-loading...
Decomposition methods for large job shops
2001,
A rolling horizon heuristic is presented for large job shops, in which the total...
Minimizing maximum earliness on parallel identical machines
2001,
This paper addresses the scheduling problem of minimizing maximum earliness (or, more...
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