Cyclic scheduling in 3-machine robotic flow shops

[en] We consider a robotic flow shop model in which a single robot is responsible for the transportation of parts between machines. For reasons of simplicity, when the shop is to produce a large number of identical parts, the robot usually performs repeatedly a fixed sequence of activities. This sequence of activities is called a 1-unit cycle if each execution of the sequence results in the production of exactly one part. It has been conjectured that 1-unit cycles yield optimal production rates for 3-machine robotic flow shops. We establish the validity of this conjecture.

Disciplines :

Quantitative methods in economics & management
Production, distribution & supply chain management

Author, co-author :

Crama, Yves ; Université de Liège > HEC-Ecole de gestion : UER > Recherche opérationnelle et gestion de la production

Van de Klundert, Joris

Language :

English

Title :

Cyclic scheduling in 3-machine robotic flow shops

Publication date :

1999

Journal title :

Journal of Scheduling

ISSN :

1094-6136

eISSN :

1099-1425

Publisher :

Springer Science & Business Media B.V.

Volume :

Pages :

35-54

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1425(199901/02)2:1%3C35::AID-JOS15%3E3.0.CO;2-J/abstract

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