Uniform Parallel machine scheduling with family set-up times

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Tamer, Meral

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In this study, we address the scheduling problem of uniform parallel machines with family set-up times so as to minimize the total completion time. We develop a branch and jound algorithm that employs an efficient branching scheme. A bounding mechanism is jroposed to increase the efficiency of this algorithm. Our computational experiment shows hat the optimal solution is found in reasonable CPU times up to 15 jobs. Further experiments »re conducted to test the bounding mechanisms and this experiment indicates that upper and ower bounds are tight enough to approximate the value of the optimal solution.

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Branch and bound algorithm, Uniform Parallel machine scheduling, Family set-up times, Total flow time

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/13636

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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M. Tamer, “Uniform Parallel machine scheduling with family set-up times,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2003.