Flow shop-sequencing problem with synchronous transfers and makespan minimization

2007-01-01
Soylu, B.
Kirca, Ou
Azizoğlu, Meral
This study considers a permutation flow shop-sequencing problem with synchronous transfers between stations. The objective is to minimize the makespan. It is shown that the problem is strongly NP-hard. A branch-and-bound algorithm together with several lower and upper bounding procedures are developed. The algorithm returns optimal solutions to moderate-sized problem instances in reasonable solution times.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH

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Citation Formats
B. Soylu, O. Kirca, and M. Azizoğlu, “Flow shop-sequencing problem with synchronous transfers and makespan minimization,” INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH, pp. 3311–3331, 2007, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/34887.