优化交货期窗口的两阶段供应链排序问题

研究一类优化交货期窗口的两阶段供应链排序问题. 优化交货期窗口是指交货期窗口的开始与结束时刻是决策变量, 不是输入常量. 两阶段是指工件先加工, 后运输: 加工阶段是一台加工机器逐个加工工件;运输阶段是无限台车辆分批运输完工的工件. 工件的开始运输时刻与完工时刻之差定义为工件的储存时间, 且有相应的储存费用. 若工件的运输完成时刻早于(晚于)交货期窗口的开始(结束)时刻, 则有相应的提前(延误)惩罚费用. 目标是极小化总提前惩罚费用、总延误惩罚费用、总储存费用、总运输费用以及与交货期窗口有关的费用之和. 针对单位时间的延误惩罚费用不超过单位时间的储存费用、单位时间的储存费用不超过单位时间的提前惩罚费用的情形, 给出了时间复杂性为O(n^{8})的动态规划算法.     

储存时间有上限的两阶段供应链排序问题

研究一类储存时间有上限的两阶段供应链排序问题.两阶段是指工件先加工,后运输:加工阶段是一台加工机器逐个加工工件;运输阶段是无限台车辆分批运输完工的工件.工件的运输完成时刻与完工时刻之差定义为工件的储存时间,且有相应的储存费用,且任意工件的储存时间都不超过某一常数.若工件的运输完成时刻早于(晚于)交货期窗口的开始(结束)时刻,则有相应的提前(延误)惩罚费用.目标是极小化总提前惩罚费用、总延误惩罚费用、总储存费用、总运输费用以及与交货期窗口有关的费用之和.先证明该问题是NP-难的,后对单位时间的储存费用不超过单位时间的延误惩罚费用的情形给出了伪多项式时间算法.     

Single-machine common due window assignment and scheduling to minimize the total cost

In this paper we consider a single-machine common due window assignment and scheduling problem with batch delivery cost. The starting time and size of the due window are decision variables. Finished jobs are delivered in batches. There is no capacity limit on each delivery batch, and the cost per batch delivery is fixed and independent of the number of jobs in the batch. The objective is to find a job sequence, a delivery date for each job, and a starting time and a size for the due window that jointly minimize the total cost comprising earliness, weighted number of tardy jobs, job holding, due window starting time and size, and batch delivery. We provide some properties of the optimal solution and present polynomial-time algorithms for the problem.     

Batch Delivery Scheduling on a Single Machine

The problem of partitioning a set of independent and simultaneously available jobs into batches and sequencing them for processing on a single machine is presented. Jobs in the same batch are to be delivered together, upon completion of the last job in the batch. Jobs finished before this time have to wait until delivery. There are a delivery cost depending on the number of batches formed and an earliness cost for jobs finished before delivery. The dynamic programming approach to minimizing the total cost is considered, yielding two pseudopolynomial algorithms when the number of batches has a fixed upper bound. A polynomial algorithm for a special case of the problem is also presented.     

带有退化效应和序列相关运输时间的排序问题

考虑带有退化效应和序列相关运输时间的单机排序问题. 工件的加工时间是其开工时间的简单线性增加函数. 当机器单个加工工件时, 极小化最大完工时间、(加权)总完工时间和总延迟问题被证明是多项式可解的, EDD序对于极小化最大延迟问题不是最优排序, 另外, 就交货期和退化率一致情形给出了一最优算法. 当机器可分批加工工件时, 分别就极小化最大完工时间和加权总完工时间问题提出了多项式时间最优算法.     

带学习效应和资源依赖的单机排序模型

在工业生产中,随着员工操作技能的熟练程度的增加,对于相同的任务越往后加工,所花的时间将会减少。 同时,为了尽早完工,管理者也会考虑给加工工件分配一定量的额外资源来缩短工件加工时间。 本文基于以上实例,讨论了工件的实际加工时间既具有学习效应又依赖所分配资源的单机排序问题。 在问题中,假设工件的学习效应是之前已加工工件正常加工时间和的指数函数。 同时随着分配给工件资源量的增加,工件的实际加工时间呈线性减少,所需费用呈线性增加。对这一排序模型,主要探讨以下五个目标函数:最小化最大完工时间与资源消耗量总费用的和;最小化总完工时间与资源消耗量总费用的和;最小化加权总完工时间与资源消耗量总费用的和;最小化总提前、总延误、总共同交货期与资源消耗量总费用的和以及最小化总提前、总延误、总松弛交货期与资源消耗量总费用的和。 本文对前三个目标函数相应的排序问题给出了多项式时间可求解的算法。 对后两个目标函数所涉及的排序问题借助于指派问题分别给出了时间复杂性为O(n³)的算法。     

Single-machine scheduling problems with past-sequence-dependent delivery times and position-dependent processing times

This paper considers single-machine scheduling problems with job delivery times where the actual job processing time of a job is defined by a function dependent on its position in a schedule. We assume that the job delivery time is proportional to the job waiting time. We investigate the minimization problems of the sum of earliness, tardiness, and due-window-related cost, the total absolute differences in completion times, and the total absolute differences in waiting times on a single-machine setting. The polynomial time algorithms are proposed to optimally solve the above objective functions. We also investigate some special cases of the problem under study and show that they can be optimally solved by lower order algorithms.     

Single machine scheduling problems with general position-dependent processing times and past-sequence-dependent delivery times

This paper considers single machine scheduling with past-sequence-dependent (psd) delivery times, in which the processing time of a job depends on its position in a sequence. We provide a unified model for solving single machine scheduling problems with psd delivery times. We first show how this unified model can be useful in solving scheduling problems with due date assignment considerations. We analyze the problem with four different due date assignment methods, the objective function includes costs for earliness, tardiness and due date assignment. We then consider scheduling problems which do not involve due date assignment decisions. The objective function is to minimize makespan, total completion time and total absolute variation in completion times. We show that each of the problems can be reduced to a special case of our unified model and solved in O(n ³) time. In addition, we also show that each of the problems can be solved in O(nlogn) time for the spacial case with job-independent positional function.     

Scheduling in a two-machine flowshop with batch processing machine(s) for earliness/tardiness measure under a common due date

This paper considers a scheduling problem for a two-machine flowshop with batch processing machine(s) (BPMs) incorporated where the earliness/tardiness (E/T) measure and a common due date are considered. It assumes that each batch has the same processing time and that the common due date is not set earlier than the total job processing time on the first machine. Under these assumptions, some solution properties are characterized for three different problem cases to derive their associated solution algorithms. For the first two cases concerned with two different machine sequences such as batch-to-discrete and batch-to-batch machine sequences, a polynomial time algorithm is derived based on some of the solution properties. For the last case concerned with discrete-to-batch machine sequence, a pseudopolynomial algorithm is exploited.     

工件可自由下线最小化总完工时间的平行分批排序问题

考虑工件可自由下线最小化总完工时间的有界平行分批排序问题. 在该问题中, 一台平行批机器可以同时处理 b 个工件作为一个平行批, 这里b 是批容量, 一个批的加工时间等于分配给这个批的工件的最大加工时间. 关于可自由下线工件, 每一个工件的完工时间等于包含这个工件的批的开工时间与工件的加工时间的和. 也就是, 如果一个批B 有一个开工时间S, 那么包含在批B 中的每一个工件J_j 的开工时间定义为S, 而它的完工时间定义为S+p_j, 这里p_j 是工件J_j 的加工时间. 对此问题, 首先研究最优排序的一些性质. 然后, 基于这些性质, 给出一个运行时间为O(n^{b (b-1)})的动态规划算法.     

Single machine scheduling to minimize weighted earliness subject to no tardy jobs

This paper considers the single machine scheduling problem where the objective is to minimize the total weighted earliness subject to no tardy jobs. Known results for a well researched single machine scheduling problem where the objective is to minimize the weighted completion time subject to no tardy jobs have been used in analyzing this problem. Several important results are proved and both exact and approximate methods are developed to solve this problem.     

Complexities and algorithms for synchronized scheduling of parallel machine assembly and air transportation in consumer electronics supply chain

In this paper, we study the problem of synchronized scheduling of assembly and air transportation to achieve accurate delivery with minimized cost in consumer electronics supply chain. This problem was motivated by a major PC manufacturer in consumer electronics industry. The overall problem is decomposed into two sub-problems, which consist of an air transportation allocation problem and an assembly scheduling problem. The air transportation allocation problem is formulated as an integer linear programming problem with the objective of minimizing transportation cost and delivery earliness tardiness penalties. The assembly scheduling problem seeks to determine a schedule ensuring that the orders are completed on time and catch the flights such that the waiting penalties between assembly and transportation is minimized. The problem is formulated as a parallel machine scheduling problem with earliness penalties. The computational complexities of the two sub-problems are investigated. The air transportation allocation problem with split delivery is shown to be solvable. The parallel machine assembly scheduling problem is shown to be NP-complete. Simulated annealing based heuristic algorithms are presented to solve the parallel machine problem.     

Single-machine scheduling problems with an aging effect

This paper considers single machine scheduling problems where the processing time of a job increases as a function of its position in the sequence. In this model, the later a given job is scheduled in the sequence, the longer its processing time. It is shown that the optimal schedule may be very different from that of the classical version of the problem. We introduce polynomial solutions for the makespan minimization problem, the sum of completion times minimization problem and the sum of earliness penalties minimization problem. For two resource constrained problems, based on the analysis of the problems, the optimal resource allocation methods are presented, respectively.     

工期窗口安排与具有退化效应和维修活动的单机排序

考虑具有工件相关的退化效应和维修活动的单机排序模型,讨论了工期窗口安排问题.在这一模型中,机器在加工过程中产生退化使效率降低,工件的实际加工时间不仅与其所在排序中的位置有关并且与其本身的退化率有关;然而,维修活动能使机器的加工效率得到恢复.工期窗口的开始时间是已给定的常量,而工期窗口的结束时间是需要确定的变量.目标是得到安排维修活动的最佳时间、最佳工期窗口的大小和最优排序以便最小化流时间、提早、延误和工期窗口大小的总处罚函数.对这一问题,给出了一多项式算法.     

Scheduling problems with random processing times under expected earliness/tardiness costs

This work is concerned with scheduling problems for a single machine. Taking earliness and tardiness of completion time and due–date value into consideration, the objective function with a common due date is considered. The processing time of each job is random. Sufficient conditions guaranteeing an optimal SEPT sequence are derived. Under exponential and normal processing times, further results are obtained     

同时具有学习效应和退化效应的单机排序问题

本文给出了一种同时具有一般化学习效应和退化效应的单机排序模型。在此模型中,工件的实际加工时间既与工件所在位置又与其开工时间有关,且工件在加工之后具有一个配送时间。其中学习效应是工件所在位置的函数,退化效应是工件开工时间的函数。证明了极小化最大完工时间和极小化总完工时间问题是多项式可解的,在满足一定的条件下,极小化加权总完工时间和极小化最大延误问题也是多项式可解的。推广了一些已有文献中的结论。     

An iterative approach for the serial batching problem with parallel machines and job families

In this paper, we consider a parallel machine scheduling problem to minimize the total completion time. Each job belongs to a certain family. All jobs of one family have identical processing times. Major setups occur between jobs of different families, and we include sequence dependencies. Batches of jobs belonging to the same family can be formed to avoid these setups. Furthermore, we assume serial batching and batch availability. Therefore, the processing time of a batch is the sum of the processing times of all jobs grouped into the corresponding batch. An iterative method is developed for solving this specific problem. This approach alternates between varying batch sizes using an efficient heuristic and sequencing batches based on variable neighborhood search (VNS). Computational results demonstrate that the iterative heuristic outperforms heuristics based on a fixed batch size and list scheduling.     

The coordination of transportation and batching scheduling

We study a coordinated scheduling problem of production and transportation in which each job is transported to a single batching machine for further processing. There are m vehicles that transport jobs from the holding area to the batching machine. Each vehicle can transport only one job at a time. The batching machine can process a batch of jobs simultaneously where there is an upper limit on the batch size. Each batch to be processed occurs a processing cost. The problem is to find a joint schedule of production and transportation such that the sum of the total completion time and the total processing cost is optimized. For a special case of the problem where the job assignment to the vehicles is predetermined, we provide a polynomial time algorithm. For the general problem, we prove that it is NP-hard (in the ordinary sense) and present a pseudo-polynomial time algorithm. A fully polynomial time approximation scheme for the general problem is obtained by converting an especially designed pseudo-polynomial dynamic programming algorithm.     

Scheduling a single machine with multiple job processing ability to minimize makespan

This paper investigates a new problem, called single machine scheduling with multiple job processing ability, which is derived from the production of the continuous walking beaming reheating furnace in iron and steel industry. In this problem, there is no batch and the jobs enter and leave the machine one by one and continuously, which is different from general single machine batch scheduling problem where the jobs in a batch share the same start and departure time. Therefore, the start time and the departure time of a job depend on not only the job sequence but also the machine capacity. This problem is also different from the single semi-continuous batching machine scheduling recently studied in the literature, where the jobs are processed in batch mode and a new batch cannot be started for processing until the processing of the previous batch is completed though jobs in the same batch enter and leave the machine one by one. The objective of this problem is to minimize the makespan. We formulate this problem as a mixed integer linear programming model and propose a particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm for this problem. Computational results on randomly generated instances show that the proposed PSO algorithm is effective.     

工件可转包加工的排序问题研究

研究工件可以转包加工的单台机排序问题: 有n个工件, 在零时刻已经到达一个单台机处, 每个工件可以由加工者自有的单台机器加工或者转包给其他机器加工. 如果工件被转包加工, 那么其完工时间等于在自有机器上的加工时间, 而产生的加工费用与在自有机器上加工的费用不同. 假设被转包加工的工件的完工时间和加工费用与转包加工机器的总负载没有关系.目标函数是最小化工件最大完工时间与总加工费用的加权和. 该问题已经被证明是NP-难的. 最后给出该问题的伪多项式时间最优算法, 并且提出一个完全多项式时间近似方案(FPTAS).