Scheduling a pick and place packaging line

In this paper, we introduce the Pick and Place Packaging Problem (P4), for optimally scheduling a packaging system with one input conveyor (pick) and one output conveyor (place). We give a formal definition of the underlying dynamic optimization problem. We describe two properties that hold for its...

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Autores: Schettini, Tommaso, Malucelli, Federico, Ramalhinho-Lourenço, Helena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/56527
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10951-022-00755-5
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optimization
Rolling horizon
Packaging
Pick and place
Row generation
Iterated local search
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Sumario:In this paper, we introduce the Pick and Place Packaging Problem (P4), for optimally scheduling a packaging system with one input conveyor (pick) and one output conveyor (place). We give a formal definition of the underlying dynamic optimization problem. We describe two properties that hold for its solutions and present an efficient row generation approach exploiting these properties. Starting from a basic version of the problem, we introduce two variants where we account for the possibility of holding the grip of items and variable conveyor speed. We extend the proposed exact solution method to these two cases. Then, we present an efficient Iterated Local Search heuristic for the problem and its variants. Numerical results show the effectiveness of our approach.