Joint rolling-horizon scheduling of materials processing and lot-sizing with sequence-dependent setups

  • Authors:
  • Silvio A. Araujo;Marcos N. Arenales;Alistair R. Clark

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidade Estadual Paulista, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil;Universidade de São Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil;Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK BS16 1QY

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Heuristics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

A lot sizing and scheduling problem from a foundry is considered in which key materials are produced and then transformed into many products on a single machine. A mixed integer programming (MIP) model is developed, taking into account sequence-dependent setup costs and times, and then adapted for rolling horizon use. A relax-and-fix (RF) solution heuristic is proposed and computationally tested against a high-performance MIP solver. Three variants of local search are also developed to improve the RF method and tested. Finally the solutions are compared with those currently practiced at the foundry.