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Flow‐shop batch scheduling with identical processing‐time jobs

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  • Gur Mosheiov
  • Daniel Oron
  • Yaacov Ritov

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In many practical situations of production scheduling, it is either necessary or recommended to group a large number of jobs into a relatively small number of batches. A decision needs to be made regarding both the batching (i.e., determining the number and the size of the batches) and the sequencing (of batches and of jobs within batches). A setup cost is incurred whenever a batch begins processing on a given machine. This paper focuses on batch scheduling of identical processing‐time jobs, and machine‐ and sequence‐independent setup times on an m‐machine flow‐shop. The objective is to find an allocation to batches and their schedule in order to minimize flow‐time. We introduce a surprising and nonintuitive solution for the problem. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004

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  • Gur Mosheiov & Daniel Oron & Yaacov Ritov, 2004. "Flow‐shop batch scheduling with identical processing‐time jobs," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 51(6), pages 783-799, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:51:y:2004:i:6:p:783-799
    DOI: 10.1002/nav.20028
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