TY  - Journal Article
AU  - Osaba, Eneko
AU  - Loizaga, Erlantz
AU  - Goenaga, Xabier
AU  - Sanchez, Valentin
TI  - A Parallel Variable Neighborhood Search for Solving Real-World Production-Scheduling Problems
PY  - 2021
PB  - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
AB  - In recent years, industry has evolved towards the efficient
digitalization and optimization of products and processes. This situation
is the consequence of the huge amount of information available in indus trial environments and its efficient management for reaching unprece dented productivity levels. The momentum that enjoys this application
field has led to the proposal of advanced methods for the dealing of
robotic processes in industrial plants, optimal packaging of goods and the
efficient scheduling of production plans, among many others. This paper
is focused on the last of these categories. More concretely, we present a
Parallel Variable Neighborhood Search for solving an industrial problem
in which a fixed amount of materials should be constructed into a limited
number of production lines. The construction of these materials has sev eral particularities, such as the need of some specific tools to be correctly
produced. It is also relevant to underscore that the problem solved in this
research corresponds to a real-world situation, and that it is currently
deployed in a production plant in the Basque Country (Spain).
SN  - 0302-9743
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11556/1322
DX  - 10.1007/978-3-030-91608-4_2
ER  -