A stochastic programming approach to the single machine makespan problem with random breakdowns

2022-12
Gürel, Tarık
In this thesis, we consider a single machine scheduling problem with random breakdowns. There is a single breakdown whose occurrence times follow a discrete distribution with known probabilities. We aim to minimize the expected makespan and propose a stochastic programming approach. We propose two stage stochastic programming models and a branch and bound algorithm. We enhance the performance of the branch and bound algorithm with an efficient branching scheme and powerful lower bounds. The results of our computational experiments have shown that the stochastic programming models can solve small-sized instances and the branch and bound algorithm is capable of solving medium sized instances in reasonable times.

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Citation Formats
T. Gürel, “A stochastic programming approach to the single machine makespan problem with random breakdowns,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2022.