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JOURNAL OF COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION
Volume 7, Issue 1, Pages 23-44Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021942422161
Keywords
lot streaming; flow-shop; optimization
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Lot streaming-the process of splitting a production lot into sublots-has been a common practice in flow-shop systems during the past decade. Nevertheless, a major limiting assumption has been made in the analysis of these systems in that the setup time is, at most, lot-attached but not sublot-attached. In this paper, we consider the single and multiple batch flow-shop lot-streaming problems with sublot-attached setup times. A fast, optimal solution algorithm for the single batch problem is presented. For the multiple batch problem, we propose a near optimal solution procedure which is optimal in two-machine flow-shops. Computational results are also presented for the multiple batch problem which indicate both the efficiency and effectiveness of this procedure.
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