DESIGN OF SERIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS USING DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION AND NONCONVEX PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES

Authors
PHILLIS YA KOUIKOGLOU VS SOURLAS D MANOUSIOUTHAKIS V
Citation
Ya. Phillis et al., DESIGN OF SERIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS USING DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION AND NONCONVEX PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES, International Journal of Production Research, 35(3), 1997, pp. 753-766
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,"Operatione Research & Management Science
Journal title
International Journal of Production Research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207543
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
753 - 766
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7543(1997)35:3<753:DOSPSU>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Efficient techniques for discrete event simulation and sensitivity ana lysis of production systems are used to accelerate the solution of non convex optimization problems which are quite often encountered in prac tice. The design algorithm is of the branch and bound type and solves a sequence of convex problems resulting from successive partitions of the feasible set. Examples are given, and computational considerations are discussed.