A math-heuristic approach for integrated resource scheduling in a maritime logistics facility
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
12-2011
Abstract
This paper addresses a real-world integrated logistics problem involving the servicing of vessels in a maritime logistics facility. It can be modeled as a job shop problem in which the operations of a job require not only a single machine, but also a set of equipment to be processed plus a large number of side constraints. We decompose the problem into a machine scheduling problem and an equipment allocation problem. The former sub-problem is solved heuristically that prune the solution space for the latter equipment allocation problem, which is solved by an exact mathematical model. We run this math-heuristic approach on a set of real industrial test cases and benchmark the results against a conventional heuristic approach.
Keywords
math-heuristic, job shop, scheduling
Discipline
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Computer Sciences | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Publication
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management IEEM 2011: 6-9 December 2011, Singapore
First Page
195
Last Page
199
ISBN
9781457707391
Identifier
10.1109/IEEM.2011.6117906
Publisher
IEEE
City or Country
Piscataway, NJ
Citation
CHEN, Hua Xing and LAU, Hoong Chuin.
A math-heuristic approach for integrated resource scheduling in a maritime logistics facility. (2011). IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management IEEM 2011: 6-9 December 2011, Singapore. 195-199.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3371
Additional URL
http://doi.org/10.1109/IEEM.2011.6117906