A mixed-integer linear programming model for the continuous casting planning problem

A mixed-integer linear programming model for the continuous casting planning problem

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Article ID: iaor20071947
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 104
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 260
End Page Number: 270
Publication Date: Jan 2006
Journal: International Journal of Production Economics
Authors: ,
Keywords: production, programming: integer
Abstract:

The development of optimization models for planning and scheduling is one of the most useful tools for improving productivity of a large number of manufacturing companies. This paper presents a mixed-integer programming model for scheduling steelmaking–continuous casting production. We first review the recent works in continuous casting planning. We focus on a model inspired from an application of steelmaking–continuous casting by Arcelor Group in Liege, Belgium. The process scheduling is characterized by several constraints: job grouping, technological interdependence, no dead time inside the same group of jobs and dynamic processing time of jobs. We present a formulation with mixed-integer linear programming which can be solved using standard software packages. Finally, we treat a few examples to illustrate this application and we conclude this paper with some comments and directions for future extensions.

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