SEARCH-REDUCTION TESTS FOR A COMBINATORIAL PRODUCTION SEQUENCING ALGORITHM

Abstract

Recently a number of tree search algorithms have been proposed for solving combinatorial optimization problems. The practical value of such approaches depends heavily on the tests used to identify and exclude dominated alternatives from consideration. An interesting study by Pierce and Hatfield gives a useful tree search algorithm for a certain class of production sequencing problems, and further motivates the search for new theoretical results on which more effective tests can be based. The paper attempts to provide such results and to lay a foundation for exploiting them in an efficient way.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0649937

Entities

People

  • Fred Glover

Organizations

  • Carnegie Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • California
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Governments
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Optimization
  • Pennsylvania
  • Permutations
  • Production
  • Schools
  • Sequences
  • Transportation

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  • Mathematics

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  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Theoretical Analysis.