A heuristic approach for big bucket multi-level production planning problems

Kerem Akartunali, Andrew Miller

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Abstract

Multi-level production planning problems in which multiple items compete for the same resources frequently occur in practice, yet remain daunting in their difficulty to solve. In this paper, we propose a heuristic framework that can generate high quality feasible solutions quickly for various kinds of lot-sizing problems. In addition, unlike many other heuristics, it generates high quality lower bounds using strong formulations, and its simple scheme allows it to be easily implemented in the Xpress-Mosel modeling language. Extensive computational results from widely used test sets that include a variety of problems demonstrate the efficiency of the heuristic, particularly for challenging problems.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)396-411
Number of pages16
JournalEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Volume193
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2009

Keywords

  • integer programming
  • production planning
  • heuristics
  • relax-and-fix
  • strong formulations

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