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Scheduling assembly tasks with caterpillar precedence constraints on dedicated machines

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  • Gaia Nicosia
  • Andrea Pacifici

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In this work, we address the problem of scheduling a set of n non-preemptive tasks on m dedicated machines in order to minimise the makespan. For each task deterministic processing times and a specific processing machine are given, moreover a set of precedence constraints among the tasks are known. We present a heuristic and some lower bounds on the minimum makespan for a relevant case in manufacturing applications, namely when the precedence constraints form a caterpillar graph. A caterpillar is a directed tree consisting of a single directed path and leaf nodes each of which is incident to the directed path by exactly one incoming arc. A number of computational experiments are also performed in order to test the performance of the proposed solution algorithm.

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  • Gaia Nicosia & Andrea Pacifici, 2017. "Scheduling assembly tasks with caterpillar precedence constraints on dedicated machines," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(6), pages 1680-1691, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:55:y:2017:i:6:p:1680-1691
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1220686
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