Scheduling a single semi-continuous batching machine

This paper addresses a new problem, called semi-continuous batch scheduling, which arises in the heating-operation of tube-billets in the steel industry. Each heating furnace can be regarded as a semi-continuous batching machine, which can handle up to C jobs simultaneously. The jobs in the same bat...

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Published in:	Omega (Oxford) Vol. 36; no. 6; pp. 992 - 1004
Main Authors:	Tang, Lixin, Zhao, Yufang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2008 Elsevier Elsevier Science Publishers Pergamon Press Inc
Series:	Omega
Subjects:	Algorithms Analysis Batch processing Dynamic programming Dynamic programming algorithm Heating Production scheduling Remote job entry Scheduling Scheduling Semi-continuous batching machine Dynamic programming algorithm Semi-continuous batching machine Steel industry Studies United Kingdom Dynamic programming algorithm Scheduling Semi-continuous batching machine
ISSN:	0305-0483, 1873-5274
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