Article ID: | iaor19942214 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 385 |
End Page Number: | 396 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1994 |
Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
Authors: | Abdel-Malek Layek |
Keywords: | heuristics |
Stochastic cyclic sequencing of tasks in auxiliary drum-like storage systems is a frequently encountered problem. It occurs in automated storage and retrieval systems, tool magazines of machining centers, turret lathes, and multi-spindle drill presses. In this paper the authors model the problem as a quadratic assignment problem and introduce heuristic procedures for sequencing these types of systems. Numerical results show that the developed heuristic procedures yield satisfactory estimates for the optimal solution.