航天TT&C调度的拉格朗日松弛策略

根据航天遥测、跟踪和指挥(TT&C)调度的测控需求,建立航天测控调度问题的0-1整数规划模型,运用 、 和 3种策略对模型中的约束进行松弛,通过次梯度优化算法求得每种松弛问题的上界。利用2个场景验证上界(目标函数值)的有效性,调度结果表明,3种松弛策略中以次梯度优化算法得到的上界差别最小。     

基于约束传播的HFS调度研究

将约束传播技术同分枝定界法相结合求解优化目标为最小最大完工时间的混合流水车间调度问题。算法核心是根据资源松弛度确定关键阶段,通过在分枝定界算法中嵌入动态可调的开工时间窗口,用顺序传播、资源传播、上下游工序传播,动态修改每个操作的开工时间窗上下界,并在算法特点基础上给出相应的剪枝下界,以减小搜索空间,提高分枝定界法的优化能力。实验结果证明了算法的有效性。     

基于遗传分枝定界算法的Flow-shop调度问题

Flow shop调度问题属于NP难题,传统的方法很难求出精确最优解,提出了一种遗传分枝定界算法,即在遗传算法中引入分枝定界算法保持对优化解有贡献的工件部分顺序,求解3机Flow shop调度问题,该算法与常用的遗传局部算法和遗传动态规划算法类似,用随机方法测试例子,与目前著名的Taillard的禁忌搜索算法和Reeves的遗传算法两种改进算法进行比较,大量的数据实验证实了遗传分枝定界算法的有效性。     

可重入混合流水车间调度的拉格朗日松弛算法

为了有效提升多重入车间的生产效率,考虑了实际生产中检查和修复过程对于逐层制造的可重入生产系统的重要性,提出了基于拉格朗日松弛算法的可重入混合流水车间的调度方法.首先进行了问题域的描述,并在此基础上以最小化加权完成时间为调度目标,建立数学规划模型.针对该调度问题提出了基于松弛机器能力约束的拉格朗日松弛算法,使松弛问题分解成工件级子问题,并使用动态规划方法建立递归公式,求解工件级子问题.随后,使用次梯度算法求解拉格朗日对偶问题.最后,对各种不同问题规模进行了仿真实验,结果表明,所提出的调度算法能够在合理的时间内获得满意的近优解.     

装配线物料搬运的拉格朗日松弛算法

为提高汽车制造企业混流装配线的运行效益,提出了基于看板模型的多封闭循环路径多载量小车物料配送调度方法—–装配线物料配送调度的拉格朗日松弛算法.首先对问题域进行了描述并做出了具体假设,以最小化配送系统总成本为目标,建立了混合整数规划模型.在此基础上,针对该模型提出了两种算法—–次梯度和随机步长拉格朗日松弛算法,将松弛问题分解为两个决策子问题分别进行求解.仿真实验表明提出的两种调度算法均适用于该研究问题域,并在求解时间及稳定性上表现出良好的性能.     

基于遗传分枝定界算法的F1ow—shop调度问题

F1ow—shop调度问题属于NP难题，传统的方法很难求出精确最优解，提出了一种遗传分枝定界算法，即在遗传算法中引入分枝定界算法保持对优化解有贡献的工件部分顺序，求解3机F1ow—shop调度问题，该算法与常用的遗传局部算法和遗传动态规划算法类似，用随机方法测试例子，与目前著名的Taillard的禁忌搜索算法和Reeves的遗传算法两种改进算法进行比较，大量的数据实验证实了遗传分枝定界算法的有效性。     

LR方法基于车间调度问题的面向对象设计

针对拉格朗日松弛方法解决不同车间调度问题时,对问题的依赖性强,算法实现复杂的情况,通过分析拉格朗日方法解决不同车间调度问题的特点,提出了拉格朗日算法面向时象的设计方法,并开发了通用的类模块;面向对象的模块关系和类层次使得算法可扩展性强,便于改进。仿真结果表明,用户可以方便地实现拉格朗日方法对多种车间调度问题的仿真,大大提高了代码的可重用性和软件的通用性。     

3机Flow-shop调度问题研究

提出了一种遗传分枝定界算法求解3机Flow-s hop调度问题，该算法类似于常用的遗传局部算法和遗传动态规划算法．用随机方法生成测 试例子，通过与著名的Taillard的禁忌搜索算法和Reeves的遗传算法进行比较，实验结果证 实了遗传分枝定界算法的有效性．     

冷链物流越库调度的拉格朗日松弛算法

为了提高冷链物流的运输效率,解决越库在冷链物流中的应用问题,提出了基于拉格朗日松弛算法的冷链物流的越库调度方法.首先进行了问题域的描述并做出了具体假设,基于问题域以最小化卡车等待时间和越库内部运输成本为目标,建立越库调度的整数规划数学模型.然后,提出了针对越库调度模型的拉格朗日松弛算法,松弛复杂约束后根据决策变量将松弛问题分解为若干子问题,采用次梯度算法求解松弛模型.最后,对各种不同规模的越库模型进行仿真实验,并与传统的贪婪算法进行对比,结果表明,所提出的调度算法适用于问题的求解,并可以在较短时间内获得良好的近优解.     

基于分支定界和神经网络的实时调度策略

本文提出一种基于分枝定界算法和人工神经网络的实时调度算法来解决双环厂磨削车间的调度问题。该策略先使用分枝定界算法来找到m个作业的最佳排序。在生成足够多的排序以后,将这些排序作为训练样本来训练一个m维人工神经网络,从而得到一个m维的人工神经网络主矩阵。在实际的生产环境中,先对实际到达的n（n〉m）个作业进行分组,再利用离线生成的人工神经网络主矩阵对每个分组进行初始排序。最后将每个分组看作一个整体,根据Palmer算法得到n个作业的最终排序。     

Lagrangian bounds for just-in-time job-shop scheduling

We study the job-shop scheduling problem with earliness and tardiness penalties. We describe two Lagrangian relaxations of the problem. The first one is based on the relaxation of precedence constraints while the second one is based on the relaxation of machine constraints. We introduce dedicated algorithms to solve the corresponding dual problems. The second one is solved by a simple dynamic programming algorithm while the first one requires the resolution of an NP-hard problem by branch and bound. In both cases, the relaxations allow us to derive lower bounds as well as heuristic solutions. We finally introduce a simple local search algorithm to improve the best solution found. Computational results are reported.     

Enhancing CLP branch and bound techniques for scheduling problems

In this paper, we propose a constraint logic programming (CLP) approach to the solution of a job shop scheduling problem in the field of production planning in orthopaedic hospital departments. A pure CLP on finite domain (CLP(FD)) approach to the problem has been developed, leading to disappointing results. In fact, although CLP(FD) has been recognized as a suitable tool for solving combinatorial problems, it presents some drawbacks for optimization problems. The main reason concerns the fact that CLP(FD) solvers do not effectively handle the objective function and cost‐based reasoning through the simple branch and bound scheme they embed. Therefore, we have proposed an improvement of the standard CLP branch and bound algorithm by exploiting some well‐known operations research results. The branch and bound we integrate in a CLP environment is based on the optimal solution of a relaxation of the original problem. In particular, the relaxation used for the job shop scheduling problem considered is the well‐known shifted bottleneck procedure considering single machine problems. The idea is to decompose the original problem into subproblems and solve each of them independently. Clearly, the solutions of each subproblem may violate constraints among different subproblems which are not taken into account. However, these solutions can be exploited in order to improve the pruning of the search space and to guide the search by defining cost‐based heuristics. The resulting algorithm achieves a significant improvement with respect to the pure CLP(FD) approach that enables the solution of problems which are one order of magnitude greater than those solved by a pure CLP(FD) algorithm. In addition, the resulting code is less dependent on the input data configuration. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Job Shop 调度的序列拉格朗日松驰法

拉格朗日松驰法为求解复杂调度问题次最优解的一种重要方法，陆宝森等人把这种方法推广到Ｊｏｂ Ｓｈｏｐ调度问题，但他们的方法存在解振荡问题。本文提出一种序列拉格朗日松驰法，它能避免解振荡。     

A branch-and-bound algorithm for single machine scheduling with quadratic earliness and tardiness penalties

This paper considers the problem of scheduling a single machine, in which the objective function is to minimize the weighted quadratic earliness and tardiness penalties and no machine idle time is allowed. We develop a branch and bound algorithm involving the implementation of lower and upper bounding procedures as well as some dominance rules. The lower bound is designed based on a lagrangian relaxation method and the upper bound includes two phases, one for constructing initial schedules and the other for improving them. Computational experiments on a set of randomly generated instances show that one of the proposed heuristics, used as an upper bound, has an average gap less than 1.3% for instances optimally solved. The results indicate that both the lower and upper bounds are very tight and the branch-and-bound algorithm is the first algorithm that is able to optimally solve problems with up to 30 jobs in a reasonable amount of time.     

Cyclic preference scheduling of nurses using a Lagrangian-based heuristic

This paper addresses the problem of developing cyclic schedules for nurses while taking into account the quality of individual rosters. In this context, quality is gauged by the absence of certain undesirable shift patterns. The problem is formulated as an integer program (IP) and then decomposed using Lagrangian relaxation. Two approaches were explored, the first based on the relaxation of the preference constraints and the second based on the relaxation of the demand constraints. A theoretical examination of the first approach indicated that it was not likely to yield good bounds. The second approach showed more promise and was subsequently used to develop a solution methodology that combined subgradient optimization, the bundle method, heuristics, and variable fixing. After the Lagrangian dual problem was solved, though, there was no obvious way to perform branch and bound when a duality gap existed between the lower bound and the best objective function value provided by an IP-based feasibility heuristic. This led to the introduction of a variable fixing scheme to speed convergence. The full algorithm was tested on data provided by a medium-size U.S. hospital. Computational results showed that in most cases, problem instances with up to 100 nurses and 20 rotational profiles could be solved to near-optimality in less than 20 min.     

A bilevel decomposition algorithm for simultaneous production scheduling and conflict-free routing for automated guided vehicles

We address a bilevel decomposition algorithm for solving the simultaneous scheduling and conflict-free routing problems for automated guided vehicles. The overall objective is to minimize the total weighted tardiness of the set of jobs related to these tasks. A mixed integer formulation is decomposed into two levels: the upper level master problem of task assignment and scheduling; and the lower level routing subproblem. The master problem is solved by using Lagrangian relaxation and a lower bound is obtained. Either the solution turns out to be feasible for the lower level or a feasible solution for the problem is constructed, and an upper bound is obtained. If the convergence is not satisfied, cuts are generated to exclude previous feasible solutions before solving the master problem again. Two types of cuts are proposed to reduce the duality gap. The effectiveness of the proposed method is investigated from computational experiments.     

Reoptimization in Lagrangian methods for the 0-1 quadratic knapsack problem

The 0-1 quadratic knapsack problem consists of maximizing a quadratic objective function subject to a linear capacity constraint. To exactly solve large instances of this problem with a tree search algorithm (e.g., a branch and bound method), the knowledge of good lower and upper bounds is crucial for pruning the tree but also for fixing as many variables as possible in a preprocessing phase. The upper bounds used in the best known exact approaches are based on Lagrangian relaxation and decomposition. It appears that the computation of these Lagrangian dual bounds involves the resolution of numerous 0-1 linear knapsack subproblems. Thus, taking this huge number of resolutions into account, we propose to embed reoptimization techniques for improving the efficiency of the preprocessing phase of the 0-1 quadratic knapsack resolution. Namely, reoptimization is introduced to accelerate each independent sequence of 0-1 linear knapsack problems induced by the Lagrangian relaxation as well as the Lagrangian decomposition. Numerous numerical experiments validate the relevance of our approach.