YANG, WEN-HUA - In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR) 26 (2009) 02, pp. 307-317
Consider a batch-sizing problem, where all jobs are identical or similar, and a unit processing time (p = 1) is specified for each job. To minimize the total completion time of jobs, partitioning jobs into batches may be necessary. Learning effect from setup repetition makes small-sized batches;...