[article]
Titre : |
Grammar-based integer programming models for multiactivity shift scheduling |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Marie-Claude Côté, Auteur ; Bernard Gendron, Auteur ; Louis-Martin Rousseau, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2011 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 151-163 |
Note générale : |
Management |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Shift scheduling Implicit models Mixed integer programming Context-free grammars |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
This paper presents a new implicit formulation for shift scheduling problems, using context-free grammars to model the rules for the composition of shifts. From the grammar, we generate an integer programming (IP) model having a linear programming relaxation equivalent to that of the classical set covering model. When solved by a state-of-the-art IP solver on problem instances with a small number of shifts, our model, the set covering formulation, and a typical implicit model from the literature yield comparable solution times. On instances with a large number of shifts, our formulation shows superior performance and can model a wider variety of constraints. In particular, multiactivity cases, which cannot be modeled by existing implicit formulations, can easily be handled with grammars. We present comparative experimental results on a large set of instances involving one work activity, as well as on problems dealing with up to 10 work activities. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/151 |
in Management science > Vol. 57 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) . - pp. 151-163
[article] Grammar-based integer programming models for multiactivity shift scheduling [texte imprimé] / Marie-Claude Côté, Auteur ; Bernard Gendron, Auteur ; Louis-Martin Rousseau, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 151-163. Management Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Management science > Vol. 57 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) . - pp. 151-163
Mots-clés : |
Shift scheduling Implicit models Mixed integer programming Context-free grammars |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
This paper presents a new implicit formulation for shift scheduling problems, using context-free grammars to model the rules for the composition of shifts. From the grammar, we generate an integer programming (IP) model having a linear programming relaxation equivalent to that of the classical set covering model. When solved by a state-of-the-art IP solver on problem instances with a small number of shifts, our model, the set covering formulation, and a typical implicit model from the literature yield comparable solution times. On instances with a large number of shifts, our formulation shows superior performance and can model a wider variety of constraints. In particular, multiactivity cases, which cannot be modeled by existing implicit formulations, can easily be handled with grammars. We present comparative experimental results on a large set of instances involving one work activity, as well as on problems dealing with up to 10 work activities. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
0025-1909 |
En ligne : |
http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/1/151 |
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