Fundamentals of data structures in PASCAL
Fundamentals of data structures in PASCAL
Process planning and scheduling—a method of integration for productivity improvement
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Genetic algorithms + data structures = evolution programs (3rd ed.)
Genetic algorithms + data structures = evolution programs (3rd ed.)
Computers and Industrial Engineering - Supply chain management
Computers and Operations Research
Integration of process planning and scheduling-A modified genetic algorithm-based approach
Computers and Operations Research
Review article: A review of soft computing applications in supply chain management
Applied Soft Computing
Computers and Industrial Engineering
A multi-agent system using iterative bidding mechanism to enhance manufacturing agility
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Dynamic supply chain scheduling
Journal of Scheduling
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This paper deals with the integration of process planning and scheduling, which is one of the most important functions in a supply chain to achieve high quality products at lower cost, lower inventory, and high level of performance. Solving the problem is essential for the generation of flexible process sequences with resource selection and for the decision of the operation schedules that can minimize makespan. We formulate a mixed integer programming model to solve this problem of integration. This model considers alternative resources: sequences and precedence constraints. To solve the model, we develop a new evolutionary search approach based on a topological sort. We use the topological sort to generate a set of feasible sequences in the model within a reasonable computing time. Since precedence constraints between operations are handled by the topological sort, the developed evolutionary search approach produces only feasible solutions. The experimental results using various sizes of problems provide a way to demonstrate the efficiency of the developed evolutionary search approach.