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Three Heuristic Rules for Sequencing Jobs to a Single Production Facility

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  • J. William Gavett

    (University of Rochester)

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This paper presents the experimental performance of three elementary rules for sequencing jobs through a single production facility. The problem is a variant of the "traveling salesman problem." It is presented in terms of the job sequencing problem because of practical constraints on problem solving methods encountered in this situation. The objective of the sequencing decision is to minimize the facility downtime or setup time over a finite batch of jobs. The study consists of examining the performance of the three heuristic rules in terms of two criteria. The first is the optimal downtime obtained by the branch and bound algorithm. The second is the downtime which results from a random sequencing of jobs through the facility. The sampling procedure considers different values of the variance of between-job setup times, the number of jobs in the sequencing batch, and the form of the distribution of setup times.

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  • J. William Gavett, 1965. "Three Heuristic Rules for Sequencing Jobs to a Single Production Facility," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 11(8), pages 166-176, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:11:y:1965:i:8:p:b166-b176
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.11.8.B166
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    1. Durk-Jouke van der Zee, 2017. "Coordinating batching decisions in manufacturing networks," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(18), pages 5405-5422, September.
    2. Nauss, Robert M., 2008. "Optimal sequencing in the presence of setup times for tow/barge traffic through a river lock," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 187(3), pages 1268-1281, June.
    3. Liao, C. J. & Yu, W. C., 1996. "Sequencing heuristics for dependent setups in a continuous process industry," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 24(6), pages 649-659, December.
    4. Kim, S. C. & Bobrowski, P. M., 1997. "Scheduling jobs with uncertain setup times and sequence dependency," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 25(4), pages 437-447, August.
    5. Allahverdi, Ali & Gupta, Jatinder N. D. & Aldowaisan, Tariq, 1999. "A review of scheduling research involving setup considerations," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 27(2), pages 219-239, April.
    6. Schaller, Jeffrey E. & Gupta, Jatinder N. D. & Vakharia, Asoo J., 2000. "Scheduling a flowline manufacturing cell with sequence dependent family setup times," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 125(2), pages 324-339, September.

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