Annals of Operations Research - Special issue on Tabu search
Part type selection problem in flexible manufacturing systems: tabu search algorithms
Annals of Operations Research - Special issue on Tabu search
Modeling and Solving the Crew Rostering Problem
Operations Research
A simulation model for capacity planning in sugarcane transport
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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Increasing cost/price ratios in sugarcane production and the pressure to remain internationally competitive have forced Australian sugar mills to try to use their infrastructure more efficiently. Generating rosters for sugarcane harvesters manually is difficult because the mills have a large number of harvesters and tight capacities in the transportation facilities. The Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Sugar Production conducted a participatory research process with five mills in the Australian sugar industry to develop models to optimize harvester rosters. Embedded in the research process and underpinned by action learning was the development of a novel integer-programming model, its validation, and its implementation. The participatory research overcame barriers to implementation of the rosters produced by the model and allowed the five participating mills to realize benefits in terms of more efficient transport operations.