Tang, Lixin; Zhao, Yufang - In: Omega 36 (2008) 6, pp. 992-1004
This paper addresses a new problem, called semi-continuous batch scheduling, which arises in the heating-operation of tube-billets in the steel industry. Each heating furnace can be regarded as a semi-continuous batching machine, which can handle up to C jobs simultaneously. The jobs in the same...