A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems

This paper presents a heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, capacitated lot sizing problems with inter-plant transfers. The solution procedure uses the solution for the uncapacitated problem as a starting point. A smoothing routine has been employed to remove capacity violations....

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Main Authors: Sambasivan, Murali, Schmidt, Charles P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 2002
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40415/
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description This paper presents a heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, capacitated lot sizing problems with inter-plant transfers. The solution procedure uses the solution for the uncapacitated problem as a starting point. A smoothing routine has been employed to remove capacity violations. The smoothing routine consists of two modules. Extensive experimentation has been conducted comparing the heuristic solution procedure and LINDO. The heuristic has been implemented on IBM 3090 mainframe using FORTRAN.
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spelling upm-404152015-09-18T01:43:17Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40415/ A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems Sambasivan, Murali Schmidt, Charles P. This paper presents a heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, capacitated lot sizing problems with inter-plant transfers. The solution procedure uses the solution for the uncapacitated problem as a starting point. A smoothing routine has been employed to remove capacity violations. The smoothing routine consists of two modules. Extensive experimentation has been conducted comparing the heuristic solution procedure and LINDO. The heuristic has been implemented on IBM 3090 mainframe using FORTRAN. World Scientific Publishing 2002-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40415/1/A%20heuristic%20procedure%20for%20solving%20multi-plant%2C%20multi-item%2C%20multi-period%20capacitated%20lot-sizing%20problems.pdf Sambasivan, Murali and Schmidt, Charles P. (2002) A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 19 (1). pp. 87-105. ISSN 0217-5959; ESSN: 1793-7019
spellingShingle Sambasivan, Murali
Schmidt, Charles P.
A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems
title A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems
title_full A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems
title_fullStr A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems
title_full_unstemmed A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems
title_short A heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems
title_sort heuristic procedure for solving multi-plant, multi-item, multi-period capacitated lot-sizing problems
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40415/
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