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Scheduling twin robots on a line

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  • Güneş Erdoğan
  • Maria Battarra
  • Gilbert Laporte

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This article introduces the twin robots scheduling problem (TRSP), in which two robots positioned at the opposite ends of a rail are required to deliver items to positions along the rail, and the objective is to minimize the makespan. A proof of ‐hardness of the TRSP is presented, along with exact and heuristic algorithms. Computational results on challenging instances are provided.Copyright © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 61: 119–130, 2014

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  • Güneş Erdoğan & Maria Battarra & Gilbert Laporte, 2014. "Scheduling twin robots on a line," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 61(2), pages 119-130, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navres:v:61:y:2014:i:2:p:119-130
    DOI: 10.1002/nav.21570
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