Asymptotically optimal schedules for single-server flow shop problems with setup costs and times

S. M.R. Iravani; C. P. Teo

doi:10.1016/j.orl.2004.08.007

Asymptotically optimal schedules for single-server flow shop problems with setup costs and times

S. M.R. Iravani^*, C. P. Teo

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Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences

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Abstract

We consider the processing of M jobs in a flow shop with N stations in which only a single server is in charge of all stations. We demonstrate that for the objective of minimizing the total setup and holding cost, a class of easily implementable schedules is asymptotically optimal.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	421-430
Number of pages	10
Journal	Operations Research Letters
Volume	33
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2004.08.007
State	Published - Jul 2005

Keywords

Asymptotic optimality
Flexible machine scheduling
Flow shop
Setup times

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Management Science and Operations Research
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Applied Mathematics

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