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Autori principali: Van Kieu, Tuyen, Nguyen, Phong Chi, Hoang, Bao Gia, Van To, Khanh
Natura: Preprint
Pubblicazione: 2025
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11435
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author Van Kieu, Tuyen
Nguyen, Phong Chi
Hoang, Bao Gia
Van To, Khanh
author_facet Van Kieu, Tuyen
Nguyen, Phong Chi
Hoang, Bao Gia
Van To, Khanh
contents The Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Power Peak Minimization (SALBP-3PM) minimizes maximum instantaneous power usage while assigning $n$ tasks to $m$ workstations and determining execution schedules within given cycle time constraints. This NP-hard problem couples workstation assignment, temporal sequencing, and power aggregation, presenting significant computational challenges for exact optimization methods. Existing Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) and Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT) approaches suffer from baseline encodings generating $O(m^2)$ clauses per precedence edge. We introduce a Compact SAT Encoding (CSE) achieving $O(m)$ clauses per transitive precedence edge using sequential counter techniques. We instantiate four optimization variants: Clause-Based iterative SAT, Pseudo-Boolean (PB) Constraint iterative SAT, MaxSAT, and Incremental SAT. Comprehensive experimental evaluation on benchmark instances demonstrates consistent performance improvements over state-of-the-art approaches, enabling exact optimization on previously intractable industrial-scale instances. The encoding principles generalize to other assembly line balancing variants and broader scheduling problems with precedence constraints.
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spellingShingle Compact SAT Encoding for Power Peak Minimization
Van Kieu, Tuyen
Nguyen, Phong Chi
Hoang, Bao Gia
Van To, Khanh
Logic in Computer Science
The Simple Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Power Peak Minimization (SALBP-3PM) minimizes maximum instantaneous power usage while assigning $n$ tasks to $m$ workstations and determining execution schedules within given cycle time constraints. This NP-hard problem couples workstation assignment, temporal sequencing, and power aggregation, presenting significant computational challenges for exact optimization methods. Existing Boolean Satisfiability (SAT) and Maximum Satisfiability (MaxSAT) approaches suffer from baseline encodings generating $O(m^2)$ clauses per precedence edge. We introduce a Compact SAT Encoding (CSE) achieving $O(m)$ clauses per transitive precedence edge using sequential counter techniques. We instantiate four optimization variants: Clause-Based iterative SAT, Pseudo-Boolean (PB) Constraint iterative SAT, MaxSAT, and Incremental SAT. Comprehensive experimental evaluation on benchmark instances demonstrates consistent performance improvements over state-of-the-art approaches, enabling exact optimization on previously intractable industrial-scale instances. The encoding principles generalize to other assembly line balancing variants and broader scheduling problems with precedence constraints.
title Compact SAT Encoding for Power Peak Minimization
topic Logic in Computer Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11435