Minimization of acquisition and operational costs in horizontal material handling system design |
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| Authors: | J. W. Herrmann G. Ioannou I. Minis J. M. Proth |
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| Affiliation: | a Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAb Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USAc Planning S.A., Chalandri-Athens, Greeced INRIA-Lorraine, Metz, France |
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| Abstract: | This paper considers the problem of minimizing the fixed cost of acquiring material handling transporter:; and the operational cost of material transfer in a manufacturing system. This decision problem, which arises during manufacturing facility design, is modeled using an integer programming formulation. Since the problem is NP-complete, two efficient heuristics are developed to solve it. Computational complexity, worst-case performance analysis, and extensive computational tests are provided for both heuristics. The results indicate that the proposed methods are well suited for large-scale manufacturing applications. |
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