Multi-Item Scheduling in Reparable Item Inventory Systems with Reflection Programming.

Abstract

The repair and overhaul of military equipment is a costly and complex logistics activity. Factors that may have significant impact upon scheduling decisions in such systems include costs of set-up, production, and expediting, obsolescence probabilities, the availability of the reparable assets, manpower, equipment and funds required to support the repair effort. This paper reviews the current state-of-the-art for solving multi-item repair scheduling problems in such systems, and presents an algorithm for solving these problems using Generalized Upper Bounding with dynamic programming subproblems. Computational experience involving up to 170 items, 48 constraints, and 12 planning periods is also reported. (Author)

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049553

Entities

People

  • W. Steven Demmy

Organizations

  • Wright State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Decomposition
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Linear Programming
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Military Equipment
  • Military Research
  • Operations Research
  • Optimization
  • Repair
  • Simplex Method

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.