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Minimizing total completion time in a no-wait flowshop with sequence-dependent additive changeover times

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  • A Allahverdi

    (Kuwait University)

  • T Aldowaisan

    (Kuwait University)

Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of minimizing total completion time in a two-machine no-wait flowshop where setup times of the jobs are sequence-dependent. Optimal solutions are obtained for two special flowshops and a dominance relation is developed for the general problem. Several heuristic algorithms with the computational complexity of O(n2) and O(n3) are constructed. The heuristics consist of two phases: in the first phase a starting list is developed and in the second a repeated insertion technique is applied. Computational experience demonstrates that the concept of repeated insertion application is quite useful for any starting list and that solutions for all starting lists converge to about the same value of less than 1% after a few iterations.

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  • A Allahverdi & T Aldowaisan, 2001. "Minimizing total completion time in a no-wait flowshop with sequence-dependent additive changeover times," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 52(4), pages 449-462, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:52:y:2001:i:4:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601110
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601110
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    1. Allahverdi, Ali, 2016. "A survey of scheduling problems with no-wait in process," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 255(3), pages 665-686.
    2. Allahverdi, Ali & Ng, C.T. & Cheng, T.C.E. & Kovalyov, Mikhail Y., 2008. "A survey of scheduling problems with setup times or costs," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 187(3), pages 985-1032, June.
    3. Koulamas, Christos & Kyparisis, George J., 2004. "Concurrent flowshop scheduling to minimize makespan," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 156(2), pages 524-529, July.

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