Ebook: Industrial Applications of Combinatorial Optimization

Industries rely more and more on advanced technology. Accelerated computer evolution makes large-scale computation practical. Many enterprises are be­ ginning to benefit from more efficient allocation of resources and more effective planning, scheduling, manufacturing, and distribution by adopting state-of-the­ art decision support systems. Academics increasingly emphasize application­ driven research. All these forces have moved optimization from a pure class­ room and textbook terminology to an accepted tool in today's business world. This book chronicles and describes applications of combinatorial optimization in industry. A wide range of applications is included: manpower planning • production planning • job sequencing and scheduling • manufacturing layout design • facility planning • vehicle scheduling and routing • retail seasonal planning • I! space shuttle scheduling, and telecommunication network design . • The applications covered in this book comprise a representative set of industry sectors including electronics, airlines, manufacturing, tobacco, retail, telecom­ munication, defense, and livestock. These examples should encourage opera­ tions researchers and applied mathematicians by pointing out how the impor­ tance and practicality of optimization is starting to be realized by the manage­ ment of various organizations and how some pioneering developments in this field are beginning to bear fruit.

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This book demonstrates industrial applications of combinatorial optimization - optimization that involves a discrete but large number of alternatives. A wide range of applications is described including: Manpower planning, Production planning, Job sequencing and scheduling, Manufacturing layout design, Facility planning, Vehicle scheduling and routing, Retail seasonal planning, Space shuttle scheduling, and Telecommunication network design. A representative set of industry sectors is covered, including electronics, airlines, manufacturing, tobacco, retail, telecommunication, defense, and livestock. These examples illustrate the importance and practicality of optimization which is beginning to be realized by management of various organizations, as well as some of the pioneering developments in this field now beginning to bear fruit.
Audience: Researchers and teachers in the fields of operations research/management, applied mathematics, management science, and system and industrial engineering; also managers, analysts, and system developers responsible for planning, scheduling, management, control, manpower deployment, distribution, procurement, and so forth.

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This book demonstrates industrial applications of combinatorial optimization - optimization that involves a discrete but large number of alternatives. A wide range of applications is described including: Manpower planning, Production planning, Job sequencing and scheduling, Manufacturing layout design, Facility planning, Vehicle scheduling and routing, Retail seasonal planning, Space shuttle scheduling, and Telecommunication network design. A representative set of industry sectors is covered, including electronics, airlines, manufacturing, tobacco, retail, telecommunication, defense, and livestock. These examples illustrate the importance and practicality of optimization which is beginning to be realized by management of various organizations, as well as some of the pioneering developments in this field now beginning to bear fruit.
Audience: Researchers and teachers in the fields of operations research/management, applied mathematics, management science, and system and industrial engineering; also managers, analysts, and system developers responsible for planning, scheduling, management, control, manpower deployment, distribution, procurement, and so forth.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Moving Toward an Integrated Decision Support System for Manpower Planning at Continental Airlines: Optimization of Pilot Training Assignments....Pages 1-24
Shortcomings of MRP II and a New Planning Meta—Method....Pages 25-43
The Development, Implementation and use of a Package to Facilitate Planning and Production Scheduling in a Tobacco Processing Plant....Pages 44-71
Stability Radius of an Optimal Schedule: A Survey and Recent Developments....Pages 72-108
Scheduling Jobs with Sequence Dependent Setups on Coupled Lines....Pages 109-124
Optimizing the Radial Component Insertion Operations on PCBs....Pages 125-141
Combinatorial Optimization in a Cattle Yard: Feed Distribution, Vehicle Scheduling, Lot Sizing, and Dynamic Pen Assignment....Pages 142-171
Optimizing a Retail Promotional Calendar by Mixed Integer, Linear Programming....Pages 172-185
An Implementation of a System Using Heuristics to Support Decisions about Shop Floor Setup Changes....Pages 186-211
Integrative Population Analysis for Better Solutions to Large-Scale Mathematical Programs....Pages 212-239
Lagrangian Relaxation for Flow Shop Scheduling....Pages 240-255
A Heuristic for Vehicle Routing and Manpower Planning....Pages 256-271
Conceptual Design and Analysis of Rail Car Unloading Area....Pages 272-300
A Study of the Space Shuttle Scheduling Problem....Pages 301-315
Models and Implementation Techniques for Local Access Telecommunication Network Design....Pages 316-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-349

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This book demonstrates industrial applications of combinatorial optimization - optimization that involves a discrete but large number of alternatives. A wide range of applications is described including: Manpower planning, Production planning, Job sequencing and scheduling, Manufacturing layout design, Facility planning, Vehicle scheduling and routing, Retail seasonal planning, Space shuttle scheduling, and Telecommunication network design. A representative set of industry sectors is covered, including electronics, airlines, manufacturing, tobacco, retail, telecommunication, defense, and livestock. These examples illustrate the importance and practicality of optimization which is beginning to be realized by management of various organizations, as well as some of the pioneering developments in this field now beginning to bear fruit.
Audience: Researchers and teachers in the fields of operations research/management, applied mathematics, management science, and system and industrial engineering; also managers, analysts, and system developers responsible for planning, scheduling, management, control, manpower deployment, distribution, procurement, and so forth.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Moving Toward an Integrated Decision Support System for Manpower Planning at Continental Airlines: Optimization of Pilot Training Assignments....Pages 1-24
Shortcomings of MRP II and a New Planning Meta—Method....Pages 25-43
The Development, Implementation and use of a Package to Facilitate Planning and Production Scheduling in a Tobacco Processing Plant....Pages 44-71
Stability Radius of an Optimal Schedule: A Survey and Recent Developments....Pages 72-108
Scheduling Jobs with Sequence Dependent Setups on Coupled Lines....Pages 109-124
Optimizing the Radial Component Insertion Operations on PCBs....Pages 125-141
Combinatorial Optimization in a Cattle Yard: Feed Distribution, Vehicle Scheduling, Lot Sizing, and Dynamic Pen Assignment....Pages 142-171
Optimizing a Retail Promotional Calendar by Mixed Integer, Linear Programming....Pages 172-185
An Implementation of a System Using Heuristics to Support Decisions about Shop Floor Setup Changes....Pages 186-211
Integrative Population Analysis for Better Solutions to Large-Scale Mathematical Programs....Pages 212-239
Lagrangian Relaxation for Flow Shop Scheduling....Pages 240-255
A Heuristic for Vehicle Routing and Manpower Planning....Pages 256-271
Conceptual Design and Analysis of Rail Car Unloading Area....Pages 272-300
A Study of the Space Shuttle Scheduling Problem....Pages 301-315
Models and Implementation Techniques for Local Access Telecommunication Network Design....Pages 316-344
Back Matter....Pages 345-349
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