GRASP with path-relinking multi-plant capacitated lot sizing problem


M.C.V. Nascimento, M.G.C. Resende, and F.M.B. Toledo

European J. of Operational Research, vol. 200, pp. 747-754, 2010.

ABSTRACT

This paper addresses the independent multi-plant, multi-period, and multi-item capacitated lot sizing problem where transfers between the plants are allowed. This is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem and few solution methods have been proposed to solve it. We develop a GRASP (Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure) heuristic as well as a path-relinking intensification procedure to find cost-effective solutions for this problem. In addition to this, the paper addresses applications of the proposed heuristics for the special case of the capacitated lot sizing problem with parallel machines. The results of the computational tests show that the proposed heuristics outperform other heuristics previously described in the literature. The results are confirmed by statistical tests.
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