港口集装箱码头轮胎式龙门吊优化调度研究

随着贸易全球化的到来,集装箱运输业飞速发展,港口集装箱码头受到越来越多的重视。轮胎式龙门吊体积大,作业效率低,该环节已经成为码头作业的瓶颈。提出了轮胎式龙门吊优化调度混合整数规划模型,研究了定量作业条件下的龙门吊优化调度问题,通过实际案例分析为码头管理者提供决策支持。     

新型集装箱码头堆场混合装卸计划方法研究

对一种新型的集装箱装卸系统在给定集装箱装卸作业任务前提的单装/卸和装卸混合模式调度问题进行了探索研究.针对这种自动化码头装卸作业的特征,将此集装箱装卸作业调度问题定义为特殊的三阶段柔性Job shop调度问题,以完成给定装卸作业任务的最短时间为优化目标,设计了以低架桥分配小车作为调度中心,对这一三阶段集成优化调度问题求...     

A modified generalized extremal optimization algorithm for the quay crane scheduling problem with interference constraints

The quay crane scheduling problem (QCSP) determines the handling sequence of tasks at ship bays by a set of cranes assigned to a container vessel such that the vessel's service time is minimized. A number of heuristics or meta-heuristics have been proposed to obtain the near-optimal solutions to overcome the NP-hardness of the problem. In this article, the idea of generalized extremal optimization (GEO) is adapted to solve the QCSP with respect to various interference constraints. The resulting GEO is termed the modified GEO. A randomized searching method for neighbouring task-to-QC assignments to an incumbent task-to-QC assignment is developed in executing the modified GEO. In addition, a unidirectional search decoding scheme is employed to transform a task-to-QC assignment to an active quay crane schedule. The effectiveness of the developed GEO is tested on a suite of benchmark problems introduced by K.H. Kim and Y.M. Park in 2004 (European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 156, No. 3). Compared with other well-known existing approaches, the experiment results show that the proposed modified GEO is capable of obtaining the optimal or near-optimal solution in a reasonable time, especially for large-sized problems.     

A meta-heuristic approach for solving the no-wait flow-shop problem

No-wait flow-shop scheduling problems refer to the set of problems in which a number of jobs are available for processing on a number of machines in a flow-shop context with the added constraint that there should be no waiting time between consecutive operations of the jobs. The problem is strongly NP-hard. In this paper, the considered performance measure is the makespan. In order to explore the feasible region of the problem, a hybrid algorithm of Tabu Search and Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) is proposed. In the proposed approach, PSO algorithm is used in order to move from one solution to a neighbourhood solution. We first employ a new coding and decoding technique to efficiently map the discrete feasible space to the set of integer numbers. The proposed PSO will further use this coding technique to explore the solution space and move from one solution to a neighbourhood solution. Afterwards, the algorithm decodes the solutions to its respective feasible solution in the discrete feasible space and returns the new solutions to the TS. The algorithm is tested by solving a large number of problems available in the literature. Computational results show that the proposed algorithm is able to outperform competitive methods and improves some of the best-known solutions of the considered test problems.     

Hybrid simulated annealing with memory: an evolution-based diversification approach

This study presents an efficient metaheuristic approach for combinatorial optimisation and scheduling problems. The hybrid algorithm proposed in this paper integrates different features of several well-known heuristics. The core component of the proposed algorithm is a simulated annealing module. This component utilises three types of memories, one long-term memory and two short-term memories. The main characteristics of the proposed metaheuristic are the use of positive (reinforcement) and negative (inhibitory) memories as well as an evolution-based diversification approach. Job shop scheduling is selected to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. Given the benchmark problem, an extended version of the proposed method is also developed and presented. The extended version has two distinct features, specifically designed for the job shop scheduling problem, that enhance the performance of the search. The first feature is a local search that partially explores alternative solutions on a critical path of any current solution. The second feature is a mechanism to resolve possible deadlocks that may occur during the search as a result of shortage in acceptable solutions. For the case of job shop scheduling, the computational results and comparison with other techniques demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed methods in the majority of cases.     

带时限与回程的配送中心运输调度问题研究

在优化模型中将配送任务执行时间及每日调用车辆数量及路径作为决策对象,以车辆的固定费用、行驶费用、未按时完成服务产生的惩罚、存储费用等作为优化目标.在遗传算法中采用自然数编码形式以便于优化车辆数量,采用基于扫描算法的启发式算法构造更好的初始解,引入单亲遗传算子、重启机制及并行禁忌搜索以提高种群质量和深度寻优.经不同规模算例间对比测试,显示基于扫描算法的混合遗传算法具有最佳的优化性能.     

Makespan minimisation for a parallel machine scheduling problem with preemption and job incompatibility

In this paper, an extension of the graph colouring problem is introduced to model a parallel machine scheduling problem with job incompatibility. To get closer to real-world applications, where the number of machines is limited and jobs have different processing times, each vertex of the graph requires multiple colours and the number of vertices with the same colour is bounded. In addition, several objectives related to scheduling are considered: makespan, number of pre-emptions and summation over the jobs’ throughput times. Different solution methods are proposed, namely, two greedy heuristics, two tabu search methods and an adaptive memory algorithm. The latter uses multiple recombination operators, each one being designed for optimising a subset of objectives. The most appropriate operator is selected dynamically at each iteration, depending on its past performance. Experiments show that the proposed algorithm is effective and robust, while providing high-quality solutions on benchmark instances for the graph multi-colouring problem, a simplification of the considered problem.     

遗传禁忌搜索算法在混流装配线排序中的应用

针对混流装配线排序问题,提出了一种混合遗传禁忌搜索算法,在每一代遗传演化之后,按一定比例随机选择部分解进行禁总搜索,以提高算法的全局搜索能力和收敛性。通过一个混流装配线排序实验,分别利用遗传算法和遗传禁忌搜索算法进行求解,结果表明遗传禁忌搜索算法具有更好的全局搜索能力和收敛性能。     

Modelling and solving algorithm for two-stage scheduling of construction component manufacturing with machining and welding process

This paper focuses on a two-stage machining and welding scheduling problem based on an investigation at a structural metal manufacturing plant, aiming to minimise the total makespan. Several parts processed at Stage one according to classical job-shop scheduling are grouped into a single construction component at the second welding stage. Fabrication of the construction component cannot begin until all comprising parts have been completed at Stage one. This paper establishes a novel mathematic model to minimise the total makespan by mainly considering the dominance relationship between the construction component and the corresponding parts. In order to solve this two-stage problem, we propose an improved harmony search algorithm. A local search method is applied to the best vector at each iteration, so that a more optimal vector can be subsequently realised. The average value, minimum value, relative percentage deviation and standard deviation are discussed in the experimental section, and the proposed local best harmony search algorithm outperforms the genetic algorithm, immune algorithm and harmony search algorithm without local search. Moreover, six optimal solutions are given as Gantt charts, which vividly illustrate that the mathematical model established in this paper can facilitate the development of a better scheduling scheme.     

集装箱码头岸吊作业调度建模及调度策略研究

岸吊作业调度对集装箱码头整体运营效率具有重要影响.综合考虑岸吊实际作业中的特有约束,包括预定义顺序约束、依赖于作业次序的设备调整时间、岸吊干涉约束,建立岸吊作业调度问题的混合整数规划模型.针对混合装卸模式,使用启发式算法生成预定义作业顺序,在此基础上采用基于连续贝作业策略的启发式算法对问题进行求解.数据实验结果显示基于SPT规则和连续贝作业的启发式算法能有效利用混合装卸带来的时间节省,减少设备调整时间,对实际岸吊作业调度具有指导意义.     

A tabu search algorithm for simultaneous machine/AGV scheduling problem

Machines and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) scheduling problems are two essential issues that need to be addressed for the efficiency of the overall production system. The purpose of this paper is to study the simultaneous scheduling problem of machines and AGVs in a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) since the global optimum cannot be reached by considering each of them individually. In this paper, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model is developed with the objective of makespan minimisation. The MILP model consists of the following two constraint sets: machines and AGVs scheduling sub-problems. As both sub-problems are known to be NP-hard, a heuristic algorithm based on tabu search (TS) is proposed to get optimal or near to optimal solution for large-size problems within reasonable computation time. The proposed algorithm includes a novel two-dimensional solution representation and the generation of two neighbour solutions, which are alternately and iteratively applied to improve solutions. Moreover, an improved lower bound calculation method is introduced for the large-size problems. Computational results show the superior performance of the TS algorithm for the simultaneous scheduling problem.     

Tabu search for the job-shop scheduling problem with multi-purpose machines

In this paper we study the following generalization of the job-shop scheduling problem. Each operation can be performed by one machine out of a set of machines given for this operation. The processing time does not depend on the machine which has been chosen for processing the operation. This problem arises in the area of flexible manufacturing. As a generalization of the jobshop problem it belongs to the hardest problems in combinatorial optimization. We show that an application of tabu search techniques to this problem yields excellent results for benchmark problems.Supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Project JoP-TAG     

Joint planning for yard storage space and home berths in container terminals

Yard planning is essential for efficient operations in container terminals, especially for ports with limited storage space. To improve the utilisation of space and the efficiency of container handling in a terminal, operators require flexible yard space planning strategies to manage job workloads and yard-to-berth transportation costs. In previous studies, the inter-related decision making process for berths and yards has normally been studied separately, and yard planning models are designed with deterministic inputs of berths, where many existing terminals are operating with sub-optimal efficiency. In this paper, we consider different policies of the scattered stacking strategy for export containers and analyse the entire cycle of container handling from yard block to home berth, where the home berth is a quay section which includes the preferred berthing place of a vessel upon its arrival. We analyse three stacking policies, namely exclusive, cross-area, and buffer-area stacking policies, and formulate the planning problem for yard storage and related home berths into MILP (mixed integer linear programming) models. Solutions are obtained with a two-stage approach method. The numerical analysis demonstrates that the workload imbalance can be significantly reduced by implementing either the cross-area or buffer-area container stacking policy.     

集装箱车辆调度问题的变邻域禁忌搜索算法

研究一类带工作时间约束的集装箱专用车辆调度问题的混合禁忌搜索算法.此问题可分解为车辆路线设定和车辆分配两个组合优化问题,但是两个问题的分开求解最优解的组合却并不一定是总问题的最优解.首先对问题给出数学描述,之后通过引入一个变邻域搜索策略,提出一个解决该问题的混合禁忌搜索算法.该算法使用两行向量进行编码,采用随机扩大禁忌步长,并设计三种邻域变换定义,采用变邻域策略来扩大搜索空间.最后通过对6个不同规模算例求解验证该算法在解决此类问题的有效性.