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Main Authors: Kramer, Raphael, Kramer, Arthur
Format: Preprint
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.08327
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author Kramer, Raphael
Kramer, Arthur
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Kramer, Arthur
contents The discrete parallel machine makespan scheduling location (ScheLoc) problem is an integrated combinatorial optimization problem that combines facility location and job scheduling. The problem consists in choosing the locations of $p$ machines among a finite set of candidates and scheduling a set of jobs on these machines, aiming to minimize the makespan. Depending on the machine location, the jobs may have different release dates, and thus the location decisions have a direct impact on the scheduling decisions. To solve the problem, it is proposed a new arc-flow formulation, a column generation and three heuristic procedures that are evaluated through extensive computational experiments. By embedding the proposed procedures into a framework algorithm, we are able to find proven optimal solutions for all benchmark instances from the related literature and to obtain small percentage gaps for a new set of challenging instances.
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spellingShingle Exact and heuristic methods for the discrete parallel machine scheduling location problem
Kramer, Raphael
Kramer, Arthur
Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
The discrete parallel machine makespan scheduling location (ScheLoc) problem is an integrated combinatorial optimization problem that combines facility location and job scheduling. The problem consists in choosing the locations of $p$ machines among a finite set of candidates and scheduling a set of jobs on these machines, aiming to minimize the makespan. Depending on the machine location, the jobs may have different release dates, and thus the location decisions have a direct impact on the scheduling decisions. To solve the problem, it is proposed a new arc-flow formulation, a column generation and three heuristic procedures that are evaluated through extensive computational experiments. By embedding the proposed procedures into a framework algorithm, we are able to find proven optimal solutions for all benchmark instances from the related literature and to obtain small percentage gaps for a new set of challenging instances.
title Exact and heuristic methods for the discrete parallel machine scheduling location problem
topic Artificial Intelligence
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.08327