On the System Setup and the Scheduling Problem in a Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) |
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| Authors: | FCR Spieksma K Vrieze AG Oerlemans |
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| Institution: | University of Limburg, Department of Mathematics P.O. Box 616 NL-6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands;University of Limburg, Quantitative Economics P.O Box 616 NL-6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | In this paper we present a model which unifies several existing models with respect to two phases of the planning process of a Flexible Manufacturing System. These phases are the system setup phase and the scheduling phase and in literature they usually are considered separately. We give a mathematical formulation encompassing both phases. From this formulation several existing approaches can be deduced. We also describe some heuristic methods for our model and present the computational results. |
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| Keywords: | Hierarchical planning batching flexibility combinatorics heuristics |
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